Wells Fargo customers may be eligible to be beneficiaries of a $185 million payout from the bank following a court’s approval of a massive class action settlement. A lawsuit initiated last year claims that during the Covid-19 era, Wells Fargo issued mortgage forbearances to its customers when they didn’t want them, causing unnecessary hardship while…
A billion-dollar US bank is being sued for allegedly mishandling customer funds and worsening a crisis that locked 85,000 customers out of their savings. Yotta Technologies is accusing Evolve Bank & Trust of fraud, conspiracy, and negligence. Yotta offered a high-yield savings product, depositing customer money with Evolve for safekeeping. But in May 2024, after…
New numbers show customers at JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America are piling money into unprotected accounts. The lenders’ quarterly Call Reports, submitted to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), show the banks customers now collectively hold $2.62 trillion in uninsured cash. US banks and the FDIC promise customers that deposits up…
A bank teller has been arrested for allegedly grabbing $1,000,000 in cash from his employer’s vault and successfully sneaking it out of the premises. Daniel A. Acebo was hired by a New York bank – which hasn’t yet been named – as a business banker, according to local reports. One of his jobs was to…
Six US banks are reporting potential security breaches of debit cards, with several forcing affected customers to get replacements. In new filings with the Massachusetts state government, Mainstreet Bank, Savers Bank, The Village Bank, Watertown Savings Bank, Webster Five Cents Savings Bank and Eagle Bank say some debit cards may have been compromised following a…
A US regulator is accusing three bank employees of triggering nearly $1 million in losses at JPMorgan Chase and Citi. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) says Tanya Jazmin Cortez sold confidential customer information to a third party for cash while working as a Citi bank teller in California. Cortez is accused…
A JPMorgan Chase customer says she was shocked to see her account abruptly wiped out and placed nearly $50 billion in the negative. Gabe Flores went viral after sharing the story of his friend Maddie, who logged into Chase after a “crazy night out” and noticed her $76 savings balance had plunged into extremely deep…
A data breach at Wells Fargo is affecting an unknown number of the banking giant’s customers. A new filing with the Office of the Vermont Attorney General shows the lender is warning customers that an insider at the bank has accessed and used their information to perpetrate fraud. The San Francisco, California-based bank has not…
A US regulator says a former JPMorgan Chase employee has admitted to stealing thousands of dollars from customers’ accounts and from the bank’s ATMs. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) says Roberto Garcia, a former Chase personal banker, stole approximately $12,948 from the bank while serving as an ATM custodian in Miami,…
A US banking regulator says a Bank of America employee has illegally accessed customer accounts, leading to tens of thousands of dollars in losses. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) alleges Manuel Alejandro Ramirez Perez engaged in unsafe or unsound practices and violated laws while working as a relationship banker and credit solutions…