Bank of America agrees to nearly $17 billion settlement

WASHINGTON — The government has reached a $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America over its role in the sale of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the financial crisis, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

The deal calls for the bank, the second-largest in the U.S., to pay a $5 billion cash penalty, another $4.6 billion in remediation payments and provide about $7 billion in relief to struggling homeowners.

The settlement is by far the largest deal the Justice Department has reached with a bank over the 2008 mortgage meltdown. In the past year, JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to a $13 billion settlement while Citigroup reached a separate $7 billion deal.

Read Friday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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