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"Royal Bank of Scotland agreed on Thursday to pay $99.5m to resolve a U.S. regulator's claims against the bank over Freddie Mac's purchase between 2005 and 2007 of mortgage-backed securities that later went sour.Reuters reports that the Federal Housing Finance Agency said the accord related to litigation also naming Ally Financial, which previously settled, as a defendant. The FHFA said it has now reached 15 settlements, totalling about $16.1bn, stemming from lawsuits it filed in 2011 to recoup losses on roughly $200bn of mortgage-backed securities purchased by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The FHFA oversees both government-controlled mortgage companies as conservator. To access the complete Reuters article hit the link below: RBS to pay $99.5 mln to settle some FHFA mortgage claims&amp;nbsp; BofA asks Holder to meet with its CEO - sourcesAnd the Best Place to Work in the global financial markets 2015 is..."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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