Wells Fargo Bank will pay up to $19.6 million and change its lending policies as part of settling two class-action lawsuits brought by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients whose applications for a variety of consumer loans and credit cards were allegedly denied by the bank because they were not U.S. citizens or permanent …
A group of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients have asked a California federal court to let them move forward as a class with their claims that Wells Fargo’s lending policies discriminate against immigrants. The DACA recipients — young immigrants without legal status who were brought to the U.S. as kids and who are protected from …
Dreamers Ask To Proceed As Class In Wells Fargo Bias Suit Read More »
Eduardo Peña and his wife moved out of Chicago last year to start a family together. * * …
Wells Fargo discriminated against Dreamer by denying auto loan, lawsuit claims Read More »
Wells Fargo’s legal woes have expanded to claims the bank wrongly denied an auto loan for a migrant working in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to a lawsuit filed in a California federal court Tuesday. Eduardo Peña, who was born in Mexico and is a resident of Illinois, alleges …
Eduardo Peña, un mexicano indocumentado de Illinois protegido de la deportación por el Programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, en inglés), tiene trabajo estable y un buen historial de crédito: es el tipo de cliente codiciado por los bancos. Pero ahora Peña ha entablado una demanda colectiva de discriminación contra la institución …
Demandan al banco Wells Fargo por negarse a prestarle a un inmigrante Read More »
An Illinois man hit Wells Fargo Bank NA with a proposed discrimination class action in California federal court Tuesday, claiming the bank denies auto loan applications from U.S. residents who hold Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status simply based on their immigration status. Eduardo Peña said the bank committed alienage discrimination against him and a …
Wells Fargo Denies Auto Loans To DACA Residents, Suit Says Read More »
Wells Fargo was hit with another claim of discrimination Tuesday when an immigrant who was denied an auto loan accused the troubled San Francisco bank of withholding credit from migrants who live and work legally in the United States under the DACA program. In a lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court, lawyers for the …
Wells Fargo sued for discrimination by DACA migrant who was denied auto loan Read More »
New charges are latest in bank’s ‘long history of credit discrimination claims against it,’ lawsuit alleges Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. illegally denies auto loans to loan-eligible non-U.S. citizens regardless of their creditworthiness, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by Outten & Golden LLP. Filed in San Francisco on behalf of Eduardo Peña, a resident of …
Outten & Golden LLP: Wells Fargo Discriminates Against DACA Participants in Auto Lending Read More »
A California federal court ruled that a lawsuit alleging Wells Fargo illegally denied qualified college students and other applicants loans because of their citizenship or immigration status can go forward, Outten & Golden LLP and co-counsel said today. U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney of Northern District of California ruled that the plaintiffs can pursue …
Outten & Golden LLP: Court Rules Wells Fargo Lending Discrimination Lawsuit Can Proceed Read More »
A California federal judge on Thursday allowed a proposed class of authorized immigrants allegedly denied the opportunity to apply for credit to bring a lending discrimination case against Wells Fargo & Co., asserting that they had standing to sue under a federal statute she interpreted as broadly prohibiting any kind of discrimination against credit applicants. District …
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