Steve Dustcircle 🌹Dec 25, 2024

#CFPB Sues #Walmart and #BranchMessenger for Illegally Opening #DepositAccounts for More Than One Million #DeliveryDrivers

@walmart and #Branch harvested more than $10 million in #junkfees through Walmart’s #SparkDriver program

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-sues-walmart-and-branch-messenger-for-illegally-opening-deposit-accounts-for-more-than-one-million-delivery-drivers/

CFPB Sues Walmart and Branch Messenger for Illegally Opening Deposit Accounts for More Than One Million Delivery Drivers | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Today, the CFPB sued Walmart and Branch Messenger for forcing delivery drivers to use costly deposit accounts to get paid and for deceiving workers— “last mile” drivers in Walmart’s Spark Driver program—about how they could access their earnings.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
philjreeseDec 24, 2024

#Walmart, #BranchMessenger illegally opened delivery drivers' deposit accounts, charging them junk fees to get paid--using SSNs & other personal info--Consumer Financial Protection Bureau #CFPB says #corporategreed

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/23/nx-s1-5237492/cfpb-sues-walmart-over-delivery-drivers-illegal-deposit-accounts

PrivacyDigestDec 24, 2024

#Walmart sued over illegally opening #bank accounts for #delivery drivers - The Verge

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says Walmart misled delivery workers into using #BranchMessenger to get paid.
#cfob

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/23/24328046/walmart-spark-delivery-lawsuit-branch-instant-payment

Walmart sued over illegally opening bank accounts for delivery drivers

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing Walmart and Branch Messenger over alleged illegal pay account openings for Spark delivery workers.

The Verge