CFPB Penalizes Bogus Credit Reporting Promises
We’ve all seen the auto ads, “buy-here, pay-here,” that are geared towards buyers with credit problems. The CFPB has slapped a significant penalty on CarHop and Universal Acceptable Corporation for promising buyers that their financing plans would help buyers build up good credit, for reporting erroneous adverse credit information and for providing inaccurate repossession information. [12/18/15]