July 9 (Reuters) - Fifth Third Bancorp ( FITB ) will pay
$20 million in penalties and offer redress to about 35,000
harmed consumers to settle U.S. regulatory charges it wrongfully
triggered auto repossessions and opened fake bank accounts.
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on
Tuesday that a proposed court order would also ban
Cincinnati-based Fifth Third from setting sales goals that give
employees incentives to fraudulently open accounts.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York;)