Two Major Banks To Pay Billions In Fines Over Subprime Mortgage Bonds

Two Major Banks To Pay Billions In Fines Over Subprime Mortgage Bonds

During all of these ongoing investigations, the Bitcoin price has been soaring. Two of the world’s largest banks have been fined over their malpractices. Deutsche Bank agreed to a US$7.2bn settlement over its mortgage-back securities investigation. Credit Suisse Group AG will pay US$5.28bn for a similar incident. More and more of these stories have been popping up in recent months. It is evident the banking sector is prone to more fines shortly. Settlement cases in the financial sector are not out of the ordinary. Unfortunately, it appears banks have so much malpractice to answer for as of....


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