Question: Dear Steve, I got a loan from CitiFinancial. they put a lien on my house for the $25,000 loan. I pay $500/month and have paid 15,000 so far. they say I still owe $19,000 BUT they were bought up by Firestone. I was told that legally, I owe Citifinancial who is not in existence. …
Question: Dear Steve, I got a loan from One Main, formally Citi Financial 13 years ago and have paid no less than $100 a month. I estimate I’ve paid $15,000 on a $5000 loan and I want to stop. I still owe $4600. What are my options? I was told I may qualify for some …
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took separate actions against CitiFinancial Servicing and CitiMortgage, Inc. for giving the runaround to struggling homeowners seeking options to save their homes. The mortgage servicers kept borrowers in the dark about options to avoid foreclosure or burdened them with excessive paperwork demands in applying for foreclosure relief. The …
Darrell Neilander, a former client of the foreclosure/tust company/mass joinder companies Omni Home Solutions and Rampart MMW sent in the following contributed information in an effort to help inform others of his experience with two companies that are claiming to help save his property from foreclosure and get his home free and clear. I’ve written …
“Dear Steve, i was thinking of taking a loan from a company that mailed me an approval… one main financial inc…they have a local office and say i am pre-selected for a $5,000 loan.. i imagine you have much experience with these types of questions…. would you take a loan with this company?… onemainfinancial.com/info ? …
“Dear Steve, I’m 55 years old and use to have great credit, until the economic breakdown. Now all my credit cards have raised my interest, and dropped my limits. I have never missed any payments since the early 80’s First of all I had a CITI Finacial loan, which I always paid on time. I …
The following information is designed to assist you to put together a self-directed debt repayment plan with the creditor listed. This information has been obtained from a number of sources and while believed accurate at the time it was posted, it may have changed. However, it is good information to use to get an understanding …
“Dear Steve, I’m glad that I found your site! Anyway, my cc situation started some years ago when Capitol One,of which I have two accounts,changed my due date for my payment and I didn’t realize it until it was too late. They had already raised my rate and added their service charges. I called and …
Melanie “Dear Steve, Hello, I am a married woman with three children. We have been married for 20 years. For the last 19 years, I was responsible for bill paying and budgeting with our income and I never did a good job. For the last year, my husband and I have divided the bills (he …
September 19, 2002 In the largest consumer protection settlement in FTC history, Citigroup Inc. will pay $215 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that Associates First Capital Corporation and Associates Corporation of North America (The Associates) engaged in systematic and widespread deceptive and abusive lending practices. Citigroup acquired The Associates in November 2000, and …