settlement includes a record $4 billion. that s $4 billion with a b. a $4 billion penalty for their misdeeds along with $2.5 billion earmarked for so-called consumer relief. that reportedly will go to helping those struggling to pay their mortgages and to finance affordable housing. today s announcement is the latest of justice department settlements with the big banks. november, jpmorgan chase settled for a landmark $13 billion, a sizable chunk of the tunes and fees that big banks have agreed to pay in the fallout from the credit crisis. wall street journal has been keeping a stunning tally of the payouts which top more than $100 billion, that s as of today. bank of america is leading the pack so far having already forked over $56 billion. in various settlements since 2010. and they are still in negotiations with the department of justice about what they owe the federal government. the mortgage settlements are the last of the unfinished business from the collapse of 2008. disaster
its knees six years ago now. settlement includes a record $4 billion. that s $4 billion with a b. a $4 billion penalty for their misdeeds along with $2.5 billion earmarked for so-called consumer relief. reportedly will go to helping those struggling to pay their mortgages, finance affordable housing. today s announcement is the latest of justice department settlements with the big banks. november, jpmorgan chase, a land mark $13 billion, a sizable chunk of the fines and fees big banks agreed to pay in the fallout from the credit crisis. wall street journal has been keeping a stunning tally of the payouts which top more than $100 million as of today. bank of america is leading the pack so far having already forked over $56 billion. they re still in negotiations with the department of justice about what they owe the federal government. the mortgage settlements are the last of the unfinished business from the collapse of 2008.
their net worth. when you understand the mate of the st. louis, it has to focus on targeted strategies to help those who are hit the hardest, and, yet, these mortgage settlements that have come out, there s no there s been no transparency. we have no notion of whether it s been fair. we are calling for more information so we can get to the heart of that. dr. rocky moore. thank you so much. it s an excellent cause. we can t have racial justice without shrinking the racial gap. they say good advice can come from anywhere. even lance armstrong. zach will try to convince us in just a moment. that s going to be a hard sell, zach. in pursuit of all things awesome, amazing,
dollars to resolve several federal investigators. the justice department has been looking into accusations they misrepresented bad mortgages it sold to investors leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. once finished, that could be the biggest settlement from a single financial institution in the wake of the 2008 crisis. alison kosik is over at the new york stock exchange watching all of this. that s a huge number, alison. $13 billion. it really is huge. but it is something, believe it or not, p morgan still can handle. keep in mind this settlement still needs to be finalized. if it is finalized, that $13 billion billion penalty would wind up being split into two. $9 billion would go into fines, to penalties, it would go to the government. $4 billion would go for what they re calling consumer relief, not recompletely sure what that means. it could mean it would go toward some type of loan modification. past mortgage settlements resulted in refinancings for