Question: Dear Steve, August 2006 my step-father bought outright with cash a car for my mother. He passed away September 2006. In March 2009 my mother took the title to the credit union for a $10,000 loan. 2 different times the car was repo’d. Both times her granddaughter paid $2,500 to get the loan caught … Read more
Question: Dear Steve, 9 years ago I had two loans with the credit union and one of my cars was repo’d. I have paid the other car off in full many years later and they won’t give me the title. I am find handing over my car that is paid off. But now they are … Read more
Question: Dear Steve, My credit union is holding my car title hostage for an unpaid charged off visa. Ok, the vehicle was paid off 6 years ago, the car is no longer registered because it needs a new transmission, I refuse to dump anymore money into a 12 year old car, I can’t junk it … Read more
“Dear Steve, Too much student debt and banks wont help. My son has a few student loans. One of them is from a credit union with an interest rate of 9.5% The payments are $658 for the next 25 years!! We have asked them to lower the rate, so he can make the payments, but … Read more
“Dear Steve, Worked for this credit union who in the past had federal investigators in when there were bogus loans. Worked there for 15 yrs. I paid my car loan off with my credit union but they won’t give me the title. I owe on a visa account there and they are pulling the cross … Read more
“Dear Steve, My husband is the only bread winner in a family. We are both older and we have 3 young teenagers. I am 54 and he is 59. Our son is a junior in High school and our twin girls are 14 and still in middle school. We have about 22 thousand in credit … Read more
“Dear Steve, I paid off my car with grow financial credit union in clearwater, Fl about three months ago. I have not rec’d a title and figure they are holding it as a cross collateralization clause somewhere in my paperwork. I defaulted on their cc due to the times. Can they reposses my paid up … Read more
“Dear Steve, I took out a car loan with my credit union and i had a hardship and they were able to lower my loan. However it was not lowered enough to satify my ability to afford the monthly payments. Therefore I contact the credit union for further help and they were unable to further … Read more
“Dear Steve, Credit Union who won’t release title of a car because of a credit card that charged off. Thank you for taking questions. My situation is a complicated one. I traded my car in and the dealership called the CU to get the payoff. They gave them the payoff in which they received the … Read more
I paid off my car with the credit union they are holding my car title for Visa card payment. The Visa has been turned over to collection agency. For years I have not been able to get my title. I called up the credit union and asked about the title. They sent me a letter … Read more
“Dear Steve, I have a personal loan ( which is 3 months past due) and an auto loan , which is current, with the same credit union. Thay are now saying that the personal (signature) loan is cross-collateralized, and the want to repossess the car. I don’t remember agreeing to cross-collateralization – the loan was … Read more
“Dear Damon, I had a car repossessed and the balance after auction is $13,100 Its with A credit Union in IL, I also have a 10,000 credit card with same credit union.. I want to use debt settlement, but heard credit unions are impossible to deal with.. I am recently divorced and was layed off … Read more
“Dear Steve, I am having an issue with a current creditor. I recently paid off my vehicle through my credit union. It has been a month and i called them asking about my title to the car. I have not received it yet. I was told they are holding it as I am one month … Read more
“Dear Steve, Hi Steve, we are sinking. We have about $54,000 in credit card and personal loan debt as follows: Capital One $14K Discover $14K Bank of America $11K (I call these the Big 3) Credit Union Visa $10K Credit Union Line of Credit $4K Monthly minimums total $1700. The credit union accounts are cross-collateralized … Read more
The National Consumer Law Center has just issued their latest report on payday loans titled Stopping the Payday loan Trap: Alternatives that work, ones that don’t. The report is interesting in that it gives a number of examples of payday loan alternatives that offer small dollar amount loans and lists the corresponding APR. For example: … Read more