德銀同意支付72億美元和解金

Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $7.2bn to resolve the Department of Justice’s probe into the alleged mis-selling of mortgage securities – about half the sum authorities had originally claimed.

德意志銀行(Deutsche Bank)已同意支付72億美元——大約爲當局最初要求金額的一半——以了結美國司法部(DoJ)對其涉嫌不當銷售抵押貸款證券的調查。

After months of talks with the US authorities, the German bank said early on Friday it had agreed “in principle” to pay a $3.1bn civil penalty and also provide $4.1bn in relief to consumers.

經過與美國當局談判數月之後，這家德國銀行表示在週五早上表示，已“原則上”同意支付31億美元民事罰款，並向消費者提供41億美元補償金。

The figure compares with the Justice Department’s opening request of $14bn. Deutsche had insisted it was not expecting to settle the claims for anything like that sum.

這個數字與司法部最初提出的140億美元形成反差。德意志銀行一直堅稱，絕不可希望支付那麼高數額的和解金。

The $4.1bn in consumer relief is expected to come “primarily in the form of loan modifications and other assistance to homeowners and borrowers, and other similar initiatives to be determined, and delivered over a period of at least five years”, Deutsche said in a statement.

41億美元的消費者補償金預計將“主要以貸款調整和對房主和借款人給予其他援助、以及待定的其他類似援助等形式提供，並將用至少5年時間交付”，德意志銀行在一份聲明中稱。