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Main Street Personal Finance, Inc., ACAC, Inc. d/b/a Approved Cash Advance, and Quik Lend, Inc.

On June 2, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) announced a settlement with Main Street Personal Finance, Inc. and its subsidiaries—ACAC, Inc., which conducts business under the name Approved Cash Advance, and Quik Lend, Inc.–(collectively, Approved Cash). The companies, which are based in Cleveland, Tennessee, offer payday and auto-title loans and own and operate 156 stores in eight different states: Alabama, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Bureau found that Approved Cash provided deceptive finance charge disclosures in violation of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) and the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), violated the CFPA and TILA by failing to refund overpayments on its loans, and violated the CFPA by engaging in unfair debt collections practices. The consent order imposes a judgment against Approved Cash of approximately $3.5 million in redress, which amount is suspended upon its payment of $2 million of that judgment and $1 civil money penalty to the Bureau based on Approved Cash’s demonstrated inability to pay. The consent order also prohibits Approved Cash from misrepresenting finance charges in its auto-title pledge transactions, requires it to ensure that consumers with credit balances over $1 are refunded timely, and prohibits it from engaging in the unlawful debt collections practices in which it was engaging.

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Consent order

Stipulation

Press release

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Short-term Lenders for Engaging in Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices