SACRAMENTO – The Ca Department of company Oversight (DBO) today finalized a settlement with car name lender TitleMax of California, Inc., continuing a three-year crackdown on illegal customer loans.
The settlement will deliver nearly $700,000 in refunds to a lot more than 21,000 TitleMax customers and need the Georgia-based loan provider to spend a $25,000 penalty to eliminate allegations so it regularly charged exorbitant and unlawful rates of interest and costs. Customers with questions regarding the refunds should phone 888-485-3629.
“No one should make the most of struggling customers that are obligated to sign up for loans on cars they desperately need,” stated Commissioner of company Oversight Manuel P. Alvarez. “I am happy that TitleMax has consented to make refunds, spend a superb, and cooperate within the settlement with this matter.”
TitleMax has 64 branches in Los Angeles, north park, Orange, Sacramento, Alameda, Santa Clara, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Fresno, Kern, Stanislaus, Ventura, Solano, and San Mateo counties. Continue reading