The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week announced that it had secured a settlement of more than $3 million from Philadelphia, Penn.-based ESSA Bank & Trust over allegations that the company ...

ESSA Bank & Trust has settled a federal lending discrimination lawsuit. (Google maps) A Pennsylvania-based bank has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a federal lending discrimination lawsuit alleging ...

The Justice Department (DOJ) recently announced a settlement with ESSA Bank & Trust (ESSA), which has agreed to pay over $3 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of ...

ESSA has agreed to invest at least $2.92 million in a loan subsidy fund to increase access to credit for minorities. It will spend another $125,000 on community partnerships. It will also spend ...

Richard Andreano Jr., John Culhane Jr. A federal judge has rejected the Trump Administration’s request to release from court supervision a bank that had been accused of discriminatory lending. U.S.

A Lehigh Valley area bank will pay $3 million to settle allegations that it engaged in lending discrimination by refusing to provide credit services to people in majority-Black and Hispanic ...

ESSA Bank & Trust will pay over $3 million to resolve redlining allegations, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday evening. The Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania-based bank, from 2017 to 2021, did not ...