No. 2 bank overcharged troops on mortgages (JP Morgan Chase)

[UrbScotty]

Source: MSNBC

One of the nation's biggest banks — JP Morgan Chase — admits it has overcharged several thousand military families for their mortgages, including families of troops fighting in Afghanistan. The bank also tells NBC News that it improperly foreclosed on more than a dozen military families.

The admissions are an outgrowth of a lawsuit filed by Marine Capt. Jonathan Rowles. Rowles is the backseat pilot of an F/A 18 Delta fighter jet and has served the nation as a Marine for five years. He and his wife, Julia, say they’ve been battling Chase almost that long.

The dispute apparently caused the bank to review its handling of all mortgages involving active-duty military personnel. Under a law known as the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), active-duty troops generally get their mortgage interest rates lowered to 6 percent and are protected from foreclosure. Chase now appears to have repeatedly violated that law, which is designed to protect troops and their families from financial stress while they’re in harm's way.

A Chase official told NBC News that some 4,000 troops may have been overcharged. What’s more, the bank discovered it improperly foreclosed on the homes of 14 military families.



Read more: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41043127/ns/business-real_estate/

[MsLeopard]

1. Off to the Greatest Page

Proud to be the 5th rec - kick for the truth getting out.

[mbperrin]

2. Oh, no! A bank fucking over troops for dollars!

Whoda thunk?

These banks are on my list.

[UrbScotty]

8. I know - that hasn't happened since 2011!

[mbperrin]

9. Right!

Right!

[sakabatou]

3. Greed. It's evil.

[anamandujano]

4. Chase fought for 5 years before admitting it?

Did it take them that long to review their files or do they sense they are about to be outed?

[defendandprotect]

5. Thank you .... of course ... it's all merely innocent mistake -- !!!

:sarcasm: just in case


:eyes:

[HankyDubs]

6. sipport are troops

whurz may yella ribben, maw?

[Kurovski]

7. I still remember an interview seen on CNBC with James Dimon

CEO of Chase. He said "I always want to do the right thing." I paraphrase, amd can't find my notes on that ridiculous interview.