UPDATE 3-Bank of America to pay $9.3 bln to settle mortgage bond claims
March 26, 2014 at 21:47 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - Bank of America agreed to pay $9.3 billion to settle claims that it sold Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac faulty mortgage bonds, helping the bank to end one of the largest legal headaches it still faced from the financial crisis.