Hyundai Capital America
On July 26, 2022, the Bureau issued a consent order against Hyundai Capital America (Hyundai), a nonbank automotive finance company based in Irvine, California. Hyundai purchases and services retail installment contracts and vehicle leases originated by Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis dealerships. Hyundai furnishes credit information on the auto loans it services by sending monthly data files to consumer reporting companies. The Bureau found that over several years Hyundai repeatedly furnished to consumer reporting companies information containing numerous systemic errors and that it knew of many of these inaccuracies for years before attempting to fix them. When Hyundai furnished inaccurate negative consumer information, it may have negatively affected consumers’ access to credit. The Bureau found that Hyundai violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and Regulation V by failing to promptly update and correct information it furnished to consumer reporting companies that it determined was not complete or accurate, and continuing to furnish this inaccurate and incomplete information; failing to provide the FCRA-required date of first delinquency on certain delinquent or charged-off accounts; failing to modify or delete information disputed by consumers that it found to be inaccurate; failing to establish reasonable identity theft and related blocking procedures to respond to identity theft notifications from consumer reporting companies such that Hyundai continued to report such information that should have been blocked on a consumer’s report; and failing to establish and implement reasonable written policies and procedures regarding the accuracy and integrity of information provided to consumer reporting companies. These FCRA violations also constituted violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA). The Bureau also concluded that Hyundai’s use of ineffective manual processes and systems to furnish consumer information was unfair in violation of the CFPA. The consent order requires Hyundai to take steps to prevent future violations and to pay $13,200,000 in redress to affected consumers and a $6,000,000 civil money penalty.
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