Following a multiyear investigation, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin alleged in an Oct. 29 report that Republic First Bank engaged in a pattern of mortgage redlining practices against Black, Hispanic and Asian communities in New Jersey. The allegations mark another unflattering chapter for the now-shuttered Republic First Bank. NJBIZ has reported extensively on the financial institution, from a proxy fight that ultimately ended in the bank failing, its seizure by regulators and then acquisition by Fulton Bank in April.
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