Complaints and information regarding other USBank questionable practices
A former database administrator for NOVA Information Systems (US Bancorp) has charged that the company has routinely neglected data security on databases that contains billions of credit card numbers and millions of business owners' social security numbers and other sensitive information Elecdir
Utah Businesses Got Terror Recovery Loans - But a review found the loan program was extended to all kinds of businesses -- dentists, a liquor club, gas stations and whether or not they could show an obvious hardship. US Bank's senior vice president for media relations, promised to check into Olquin's loan, then failed to return follow-up calls KSL and Robbed Borrowers,Taxpayers on 9/11Loans
U.S. Bancorp will pay a $500,000 fine to settle Securities and Exchange Commission claims that it traded nearly $7 billion of foreign currencies with mutual funds it advised, violating federal laws that prohibit trading with affiliates Sec
Steven Cook of U.S. Bankcorp in Nashville, the bank that loaned Frist the $1.44 million, said the Frist campaign had given him permission to confirm that the bank considered the two Frist committees "joint borrowers" on the loan. But when asked why the bank's own documents contradict that statement, Cook said, "I can't go there" AJC
Richard and Jerry were enamored at how fast the Bank could make money funding sub-prime real estate loans and selling them off to Fannie-Mae and Freddie Mac....Loan Broker's would lie, cheat, steal, and set up dishonest appraisers that would value a chicken house at $150,000 if that was the Number the broker needed to make the deal fly USB Message Board
Former Chester Township clerk convicted of stealing $4.3 million from the town wrote hundreds of checks to himself or his company using the township checking account for seven years. WKYC
One example is Peter Coors, who is a director of H.J. Heinz Co. and U.S. Bancorp, and received maximum donations from the CEOs of each of those companies for his U.S. Senate campaign...it is simply a conflict of interest CFO - Above-board Politics
Who Was Paid Off By USBank This Time? WAS IT REGULATORS,GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,JUDGES,MEMBERS OF CONGRESS?
June 2003:Congressman Jim Cooper announced a $2 Million Anti-Predatory Lending Refinance Initiative. Under the initiative, Fannie Mae committed to purchase $2 million in loans originated by First Tennessee, Union Planters, National Bank of Commerce and US Bank Cooper House June 2004:US Bank settled two class action lawsuits for Predatory Lending RPWB and RPWB
County Ethics Board approves complaints accusing three firms of attempting to influence county officials by paying for trips, sporting events and other perks. The civil complaints are being drafted by county lawyers and will carry maximum penalties of $1,000 against We Energies and U.S. Bancorp, and $12,000 against MFS JS Online
An Attorney who represents several Interstate Mortgage investors, complained that investors with loans secured by real estate, are still waiting to recover their money. Yet, the bank (US Bank) is getting paid for an unsecured loan, which typically would be paid after the secured creditors have recovered their funds Review Journal
Major financial institutions making large swaths of the Third World off-limits to development will ensure that these areas remain undeveloped—and poverty-ridden. This may seem wonderful for globe-trotting RAN activists and supporters who can enjoy backpacking in these quaint, pristine areas; but for the people who actually live there, it means continued low incomes Domino Theory Redux
Bradbury camp accuses Smith of election law violations US Bank named in complaint- 1.6 million loan with "sweetheart" terms Bend
USDA says bank errors stalled IMPAC service - Vendors rejected U.S. Bank-issued IMPAC cards when Agriculture users tried to buy supplies, department officials say GNC
US Bank is taking donations for a dying girl. "There is nothing I hate more than US Bank! I see right through this attempt to be human!....I could say a lot of choice things about them, but I won’t! Just beware of US Bank!" The Real News
Oversight Panel to Investigate Housing Scam MBAA
Firstar Mortgage Housing Scam Letter Financial Services
Service discrediting: misuse, abuse, and fraud in the government purchase card program Find Articles
Did US Bank Rip Me Off? Find Law
Many companies are feeding their bottom line by assuming their pension assets will grow by at least 10 percent in the future...The practice is receiving increasing scrutiny as investors fret over whether companies are using aggressive estimates to pump up earnings SI message board
Who Owns Jane Campbell? Suburbanites finance mayor's campaign war chest Free Times
Democrats contend for campaign donations-The largest contributors to "Dean for America" are the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees; National PAC Inc.; and U.S. Bancorp Political Participation Program BC Heights
US Bank named in Complaint before The Federal Election Commission of The United States of America NLPC
Loan Papers Reveal Hillcrest Ripoff Oakland News
The story details how Idaho State Bank, which became WestOne Bank, which is now US Bank, “bought” then Federal Bankruptcy Judge Lodge Pro Liberty
The General Accounting Office last month reported that Bank of America Corp., U.S. Bancorp and other banks that collect $268 billion in federal tax revenue aren't doing enough to safeguard that money from theft or protect the privacy of taxpayers Pittsburgh Tribune Review
FirstStar bank of Minnesota is planning to merge with USBank ... This further consolidation does not bode well for small businesses that require access to credit in order to grow SM Mirror
State Dairy Farmers Contend U.S. Bank Milked Them Dry - U.S. Bancorp admits it never checked him out. Cameron soon began to play fast and loose with Foremost's funds, allegedly writing corporate checks for his own unrelated business expenses. The bank later tallied $1.1 million in misappropriated funds. U.S. Bancorp moved secretly under a court seal to secure its financial position and did not notify Foremost's milk suppliers about the dairy's financial problems Washington Free Press
Court records show that Burtchaell borrowed $241,000 from U.S. Bank. A month later, he sought Goldschmidt's help with a lease that was set to expire. Burtchaell ultimately failed to repay U.S. Bank $294,000, which included $53,000 in interest on the original debt WW Online
Americans who truly love their country have an opportunity now to make a political and economic statement by not investing or doing business with any of the ten Wall Street firms (or their parent banks) that were involved in the insider trading settlement in April of 2003 TexasOrp
CEO's don't even know where their company is headed so how can analysts? This segment followed up with an 'ask the analyst' segment and on that day it was an analyst from U.S. Bancorp's Piper Jaffray - a firm recently highlighted by CNBC for 'receiving or undisclosing payments for research' and being fined Whisper Number
Another brilliant call by the investment banking arm of US Spank. Nice call after the clinical trial results are released, where was the analysis when ALTH was at $9 a few months ago Another Brilliant Call
Here are the "fat cats" who opposed giving control of campaign finances to the people: U.S. Bancorp Political Participation Program (Federal PAC), Minneapolis, $5,000 (how can a federal PAC give to a local campaign?) City Beat
Although the OCC has strict guidelines as to how banks are to internally grade credits (there is a "risk rating" scale) as well as what constitutes a chargeoff, the new USB has increasingly manipulated the numbers on a quarter by quarter basis...expect to see charge offs to continue to climb, regardless of the forward-looking lies you may hear from management Charge Offs
Coors' roles at Heinz and U.S. Bancorp prompt a number of knotty questions in this era of corporate governance, where all the new rules and regulations don't anticipate what can happen when a company's independent director runs for federal office Percival Dungeons
Funds being held by USBank in hundreds of inactive accounts. The bank was reporting quarterly credits to Air Force GPC Agency Program Coordinators for credits applied to active accounts; however, it was not automatically refunding these credit balances on inactive accounts. Some of the credits had been there for years RL.AF
I was not surprised to read that Ken Ladd, U.S. Bank of Nevada State President, doesn't really feel that the bank tax in Nevada is unfair. Why is that? Because the Nevada Bank tax isn't all that meaningful to his employer, U.S. Bank.....but from this banker's perspective, it is completely and patently unjust LV Business Press
U.S. Bank charges a fee of 1.5 percent of the amount of the check for each check written. IMPAC checks from November99 through March02 total over $13 million. findings also indicate that checks are being written when the IMPAC credit card should have been used. Because of the 1.5 percent transaction fee, this type of misuse can cause taxpayers additional unnecessary expenses DHHS-IMPAC Cards
Jury found that Tyson had manipulated fed cattle markets through its use of captive supply contracts. Several banks filed a similar brief in favor of Tyson - Those banks included American State Bank and Trust, FCS Commercial Finance Group and US Bank. US Bank has now withdrawn its support Competitive Markets
We know of four of the so-called "foreign creditors" who, we are told, must be paid immediately the billions they are owed by South Korea et al. or "financial catastrophe" looms. How vulnerable are the big banks? Political Superbowl
HOW THE CITY OF PORTLAND LOST COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR - US Bank told us to do our final bid. We submitted the bid and the US Bank attorney called us and told us that the deadline had passed and that the building was ours...That following Monday,” says Davis, “the bank’s attorney called us again and said ‘you got outbid,’ ...once the county increased the assessment and got the building, they then pulled it off the tax rolls Brainstorm
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