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Saturday, March 26, 2011

CHARLES SCHWAB BANK TO PAY $30,000 TO SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT:: March 17 2011 - HUD.GOV

HUDNo.11-031 (link for full press release)
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that Charles Schwab Bank has agreed to pay $30,000 settling allegations that the bank refused to accept a loan application from the adult son of a Metairie, Louisiana woman with disabilities. The son, who was acting with his mother’s power of attorney, tried to apply for a loan on his mother’s behalf, but was told that the bank did not accept powers of attorney for “incapacitated borrowers.”

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