Walmart, Branch Messenger sued over delivery driver 'junk fees'

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a lawsuit against Walmart and workforce payments company Branch Messenger, accusing them of imposing unauthorized accounts and excessive fees over a million delivery drivers in Walmart's Spark Driver program.

The CFPB claims that Walmart forced its "last mile" drivers to use Branch accounts, opened without their consent, to receive