Wells Fargo, who preyed on black borrowers, sponsors Black Lives Matter luncheon
by Cory Doctorow from on (#1F8ED)
Wells Fargo has been widely criticized for its predatory, deceptive practice of targeting black mortgage borrowers with subprime mortgages (whose teaser rates ballooned into unsustainable long-term rates after a few years), rather than offering those borrowers much cheaper and better mortgages that would not have led to widespread bankruptcy, foreclosure, and the destruction of hardworking families' live savings. (more")