UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 28, 2017
ZIONS BANCORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Utah | 001-12307 | 87-0227400 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
One South Main, 15th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah | 84133 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Office) | (Zip Code) |
(801)844-7637
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| ITEM 7.01 | REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE |
ZB, N.A. and PPS Data, LLC (“ZB” and “PPS”, respectively), two subsidiaries of Zions Bancorporation (“Zions”), entered into a settlement agreement, dated September 20, 2017, with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (the “USAO”) relating to allegations by the USAO that ZB and PPS violated the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (“FIRREA”) in connection with payment processing and banking services provided to ten telemarketing or webmarketing companies primarily during the 2006-2008 timeframe. This settlement relates to the same facts that were at issue in a class action lawsuit, Reynaldo Reyes v Zions First National Bank, et al, which ZB and PPS settled in 2016. Under the terms of the agreement, ZB and PPS will pay a civil money penalty of $3.6 million. Because this amount has been fully accrued, the settlement will not affect Zions’ financial results for the third quarter. In the settlement agreement, ZB and PPS denied any violation of FIRREA or other wrongdoing by them or any of their affiliates.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Zions Bancorporation | ||||||
| Date: September 28, 2017 | By: | /s/ Thomas E. Laursen | ||||
| Name: Thomas E. Laursen | ||||||
| Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||