德银同意支付72亿美元和解金
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.
德意志银行(Deutsche Bank)已同意支付72亿美元——大约为当局最初要求金额的一半——以了结美国司法部(DoJ)对其涉嫌不当销售抵押贷款证券的调查。
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.
经过与美国当局谈判数月之后，这家德国银行表示在周五早上表示，已“原则上”同意支付31亿美元民事罚款，并向消费者提供41亿美元补偿金。
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.
这个数字与司法部最初提出的140亿美元形成反差。德意志银行一直坚称，绝不可希望支付那么高数额的和解金。
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.
41亿美元的消费者补偿金预计将“主要以贷款调整和对房主和借款人给予其他援助、以及待定的其他类似援助等形式提供，并将用至少5年时间交付”，德意志银行在一份声明中称。
