U.S. Mortgage Firms Said to Near $10 Billion Settlement
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U.S. regulators led by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will replace a largely fruitless effort to find victims of botched foreclosures at the 14 biggest mortgage servicers with flat penalties, five people briefed on the talks said.
Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and New York-based Citigroup Inc. are among servicers that may make concessions totaling about $10 billion, said the people, who requested anonymity because the discussions are private. The funds would compensate borrowers whose homes were wrongfully seized using faulty paperwork and aid homeowners in danger of default, the people said.