A payment processor in Colorado will return $33.4 million in fees to approximately 125,000 consumers and pay a $5 million civil penalty to the CFPB, and a mortgage servicer in Virginia will pay a $100,000 civil penalty, after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that that the companies were deceiving consumers with advertisements for a mortgage payment program that promised tens of thousands of dollars in interest savings from more frequent mortgage payments.
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