World Acceptance Corp. Faces Legal Action From the CFPB
August 24, 2015
World Acceptance Corp., a publicly traded small-loan consumer finance company based in Greenville, SC, recently revealed that CFPB enforcement staff is considering whether to recommend the agency bring legal action against the company. The company received a civil investigative demand from the bureau back in March, the stated purpose of which is to determine whether the company has been or is “engaging in unlawful acts or practices in connection with the marketing, offering, or extension of credit.” World Acceptance Corp. responded, within the deadlines specified in the CID, to “broad requests for the production of documents, answers to interrogatories and written reports related to loans made by the company and numerous other aspects of the company’s business,” the firm said ...