November 21, 2017

The CFPB ordered Citibank, N.A. to pay $3.75 million in redress to consumers and a $2.75 million civil money penalty for misleading borrowers into believing that they were not eligible for a valuable tax deduction on interest paid on certain student loans, incorrectly charging late fees and added interest to the student loan balances of borrowers who were still in school and eligible to defer their loan payments, and misleading consumers about how much they had to pay in their monthly bills and failing to disclose required information after denying borrowers’ requests to release loan cosigners. CFPB

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