Washington Trust Bank to pay $9 mln over discriminatory lending practices

Washington Trust Bancorp

27/09/2023 15:38

Sept 27 (Reuters) - Washington Trust Bank  WASH.O , the
largest community bank in the country, will pay $9 million to
settle civil rights charges that it discriminated against
primarily Black and Hispanic mortgage applicants, the U.S.
Justice Department announced on Wednesday.

 (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; Editing by Mark Porter)
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