The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau suedWalmart and fintech company Branch Messenger for allegedly forcing more than a million delivery workers to use expensive deposit accounts to access ...
The agency sued both companies in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota. Spark delivery workers have been complaining about Walmart’s Branch Messenger account requirements for ...
Walmart told Spark drivers that using Branch was a requirement to get paid and that those who refused would be terminated, the lawsuit stated. Getty Images The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...
The lawsuit argues Walmart forced “workers into getting paid through accounts that drain their earnings with junk fees” through Branch for two years, beginning in 2021. The agency says the two ...