FDIC Announces Settlement With Bank of America — 2014-08-21

Settlement of Claims Totals $1.03 Billion The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as Receiver for 26 failed banks has announced a $1,031,000,000 settlement with Bank of America Corporation, Banc of America Funding Corporation, Banc of America Securities LLC, Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., NB Holdings, Inc., Countrywide Financial Corporation, Countrywide Securities Corporation, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., CWMBS, Inc., CWALT, Inc., CWABS, Inc., CWHEQ, Inc., Countrywide Capital Markets, LLC, Merrill Lynch Mortgage Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc., and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. (BofA Entities) of certain of the receiverships' claims. The settlement funds will be distributed among the 26 receiverships. The settlement resolves several sets of claims. One set of those claims is federal and state securities law claims based on misrepresentations in the offering documents for 155 residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) purchased by failed banks in FDIC receivership.