FNB of Pennsylvania to pay $13.5M to settle redlining allegations

FNB’s 2017 acquisition of Yadkin Bank for $1.8 billion expanded its footprint into North Carolina, where the DOJ alleges it avoided providing mortgages to majority-Black and Hispanic communities. Continue reading

Patriot Bank denies DoJ redlining allegations, settles for $1.9M

Government alleges competitors in Patriot’s peer group made home loans in minority areas of Memphis at almost three times the rate of Patriot from 2015 to at least 2020. Continue reading

Navy Federal faces lawsuits over discriminatory lending allegations

Lawmakers are demanding a federal investigation in the wake of a CNN analysis that concluded the nation’s largest credit union denied more than 50 percent of Black mortgage applicants in 2022. Continue reading

US Bank, UWM join movement to boost minority lending

With Fannie and Freddie leading the charge, a growing number of lenders are using special purpose credit programs to boost homeownership in underserved communities. Continue reading