davidheineman/consumer-finance-complaints-large huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-20
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Settlement process and costs — 
Company: Cornerstone Home Lending Inc. (TX)

We were unable to close because the lender refused to accept hand-written corrections to the XXXX XXXX application and the loan officer refused to correct the information in their system. In addition, we were told that if we refused to sign the blank continuation sheet we would not receive funding. Fannie Mae 's own website as well as countless other agencies specifically warns consumers against signing blank forms. We had expressed concern about these issues well before closing and no corrections were made. At closing, we corrected the errors on the Form XXXX by hand and drew a line across the blank page. The lender rejected the application form. We asked the loan officer who could correct these issues and we were told no one. The loan officer refused to release the funds out of escrow because we would not sign the forms containing incorrect financial information. 
We are retaining our current home with the intent of using it as a future rental. It has never had a mortgage or other lien. First, our current home was incorrectly listed as having a lien under the liabilities portion of Sec XXXX and having a value of more than twice its assessed value under the asset column. Fannie Mae 's own instructions state to list real property expenses under Sec XXXX in the " present '' column with appropriate line items for taxes and hazard insurance. Second, in Sec XXXX of the XXXX, the loan officer is insisting on listing our annual property tax and insurance expense as a mortgage liability when in fact it is not. A specific box for this expense does exist on the table. There are no current unpaid balances for property taxes or hazard insurance. Finally, page XXXX of XXXX of the URLA XXXX is a continuation page to be " used if necessary ''. While we understand that it is part of the application requiring signatures, it is absolutely unacceptable to expect an individual to sign a blank document. Surely, this is not the intent of the continuation page. A disclaimer such as, " No Additional Information Included '' or something to prevent additions after the fact should be allowed.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-19
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Reinserted previously deleted info
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. (TX)

this account was previously removed and deleted from my trans-union credit report, only to be re-added recently, this is a violation of FTC rules XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, OH XXXX Account Name XXXX Account Number XXXX Condition Derogatory Responsibility Individual Current Balance {$0.00} Original Balance {$800.00} Limit $ XXXX Monthly Payment {$0.00} Last Payment Status Unknown Term 0 months Loan Type Charge account Opened XXXX/XXXX/XXXX Reported XXXX/XXXX/XXXX Remarks Chapter XXXX bankruptcy
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-18
Product: Consumer Loan — Vehicle lease
Issue: Shopping for a loan or lease — 
Company: AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORP (GA)

I have signed XXXX different car lease contracts and XXXX purchase loan since XXXX 2011 with Honda Financial Services through XXXX different car dealers in XXXX, Georgia ( XXXX XXXX Honda, XXXX Honda and XXXX XXXX ). In all of these cases, the experience of dealing with the financial manager was extremely stressful and I truly believe that the XXXX contracts I signed were outrageously overpriced ( over {$300.00} per month ). Due to my lack of knowledge in the financial aspect and the urge of my family to have means of transport in this complicated city I was left with no option but to sign these contracts. When I commented with my coworkers about my monthly payments they would always say, " But why are you paying so much? '' Also, when I watched TV commercials I would see ( and still see ) that lease offers were much more below than what I was really paying ( up to {$150.00} less ). On my latest experience purchasing a Civic at XXXX XXXX in XXXX, the salesman even told me that my monthly payment would be {$500.00}. I protested and said that I would never pay that amount! He quickly called the financial manager to not lose the sale. I read this week about the discrimination lawsuit against Honda Financial Services and it made me deeply think that being myself a XXXX this was the reason why I was being overcharged on my different contracts with this company. I want a revision of my contracts with Honda Financial Services.
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-12
Product: Debt collection — Medical
Issue: Improper contact or sharing of info — Talked to a third party about my debt
Company: Quality Asset Recovery LLC (NJ)

yesterday i checked my credit report through Experian and i found many incorrect informations about me as : 1- My first name 2- My last name 3- My mailing address so i contacted the XXXX '' which is credit report Agency to ask about this wrong informations they told me this informations has been added by : XXXX XXXX which is sent to XXXX XXXX by Quality Asset Recovery I didnt authorize this action Quality Asset Recovery sent : 1- My social Security Number 2- they violated my privacy when i was patient 3- by sending this documents to XXXX XXXX about my illness they violated Section 264 of HIPAA Law violated 5 USC, section 552A 4- i sent them cetified letter 2 month ago to ask them about this collection account they didnt respond me yet untill now due to the FCRA they should respond before 30 days or they have to delete the collection account they didnt do any of these 5- i filed dispute regarding this collection account on the XXXX credit report agency 2 month ago and due to the investigations it has been deleted from my credit report but the collection agency reinserted the collection account on XXXX and XXXX without sending my any mails the section 6o9 of the FCRA says before the collection agency reinsert the collection account on the credit report they have to send mail regarding the collection account before they reinsert it their phone number : XXXX XXXX XXXX their mailing address : 7 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, NJ XXXX XXXX - they added a collection account to my credit report for service which is i didnt use and i didnt ask for this service ( I didnt use or receive any services from this company the collection account number is : XXXX 1- I need them to delete this incorrect informations from my credit report 2- kindly they have to get this collection account removed from my credit report from XXXX, XXXX and all credit report Agency which is having my credit report and this collection account on it unless i will have to show up in the court asking for XXXX for each incorrect information they added to my credit report without my autorization +XXXX USD for sharing my Social Security number informations with unauthorized company +XXXX USD for violating my patient Privacy
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-20
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Late fee — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (NY)

To Whom It May Concern : I 'd like to report a CRA/UDAAP issue with my credit card account from Bank of America as they have operated in a practice that is deceiving to consumers. As a consumer, I have a XXXX % payment performance and have never missed a payment in my life on anything. With Bank of America, I had a closing date on my credit card of XXXX/XXXX/2016 and I therefore paid my bill on XXXX/XXXX/2016 via electronic transfer from my checking to credit card account. In addition, I paid extra during the month to make progress on paying down my debt. Instead, Bank of America credited my payment to the previous month ( not quite sure why ) so by being proactive and paying the date following my closing I was penalized. They have offered to waive my late fee but reported that this will be transmitted to the credit bureaus which I will be disputing with the credit bureaus. My goal is to have this noted and to have an advocate as I seek to adjust my credit bureau reporting.
Consumer complaint received 2024-09-04
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. (IL)

I am submitting this complaint against the credit bureaus due to their continuous failure to address my dispute letters concerning inaccurate information on my credit report. Despite multiple attempts to resolve this issue through the appropriate channels, the credit bureaus have not acknowledged or investigated my disputes, as required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ).

Even after multiple submissions, the credit bureaus have failed to provide any response, confirm an investigation, or correct the disputed information. This lack of action clearly violates the FCRA, which requires credit bureaus to investigate disputes and respond within 30 days.
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-30
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: SLM CORPORATION (WA)

Due to unforeseen hardship during XXXX semesters of my XXXX career, the federal financial aid and tuition assistance by my employer was not enough. After being declined by my local bank I resorted to taking out a small ( {$6000.00} ) loan from the private lending company, Sallie Mae. I graduated with my XXXX 's XXXX XX/XX/XXXX and 2 months ago ended up losing my job to due lay-offs. 
As soon as I lost my job I contacted Sallie Mae to alert them of the situation and began attempting to negotiate a lower monthly payment amount ( from {$300.00} to {$50.00} until I am able to get back on my feet ) .I have sent Sallie Mae a total of XXXX letters via Certified Mail and in response they began calling me an average of XXXX times per day, every hour, starting as early as XXXX. 
In my XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX letter I explicitly requested that Sallie Mae attempt all further communication via paper letters rather than phone messages however these requests have been ignored and my phone continues to ring off the hook and I am met with at least XXXX harassing messages threatening " something bad will happen '' if I do not call them back. 
I am not avoiding making my student loan payments and even in this financially difficult time I want to maintain an open line of communication with Sallie Mae, however I feel that their collection attempts have crossed over the line into being harassment.
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-19
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Payoff process — 
Company: SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL (TN)

I was told that I should apply for a carecredit card by my surgery facility in order to pay for my surgery and that many patients have done it before and are happy with the decision. My surgery was in the summer of 2013 and costed {$3000.00} but now since it is past the promotional period that I was not made aware of, the interest I pay on it monthly is 26 %. That is insanely high in my opinion. So now I have almost XXXX dollars to pay and if I continue paying the minimum payment, I 'll pay it off by 2020. I feel like I was fooled into believing that this would help me pay for surgery yet it has cost me so much more money than I can afford. I 'm a college student and can barely make it financially as is, but to have this kind of financial stress on me every month is too much. 26 % interest is a crime!
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-12
Product: Consumer Loan — Installment loan
Issue: Managing the loan or lease — 
Company: Bastion Consumer Funding I, LLC (TX)

I 'm a XXXX year old XXXX widow living on fixed income, and back on XXXX/XXXX/2015 I took out an installment loan of {$230.00} with Cash America in XXXX, TX due to some medically related out of pocket expenses associated with XXXX XXXX/XXXX/2015. Since I was n't able to pay the whole amount plus interest in 30 days, I asked for an installment loan thinking I would have ( 5 ) months to pay the loan plus interest in equal affordable pays, but I wound up having to pay {$100.00} monthly for ( 4 ) months with the final payment being {$340.00} on the fifth month. Just understand that I intend on paying the loan back in full because I had to give them a blank check on my bank account which they will immediately turn in to bank if I miss payment. I just wanted to know if this is a legal contract in Texas because I 'm beng charged {$510.00} for them extending me {$230.00} in credit.
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-29
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (TX)

My Private Wells Fargo loan is literally theft. I have been unable to have a balance budget with a {$250.00} monthly payment along with all my other debts, bills, and living expenses. My city 's living expenses are going up, making it difficult on a bi-weekly basis to have money to eat. Also, making difficult to save money to pursue my passion of music, as it was reason for me to pursue a college degree and required this loan. Spoke with the Loans Consolidation department and the Loan Modification department to lower my payments, to only discover that I can not, because " I have enough income to pay their monthly cost ''. This is due to the fact that they do n't consider a few of my other debts as a recognizable problem ( e.g. XXXX XXXX loans ). I am in need to remove my co-signer, lower monthly payments and interest rates, so I may have more money for living expenses and money to support my music career. This way, I have the means to create a secondary income to further make it possible to take care of debts. This private loan is theft and the standards are too high, in order require to consolidate/refinance or lower monthly payments.
Consumer complaint received 2016-01-11
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC (PA)

This will be my second complaint about Planet Home Lending, they can not seem to process payments correctly. After my loan was purchased from my original lender, extra payments were not applied to the principal they were put in a " hold '' account until a full payment was reached, then applied, after numerous calls with no results, I filed a complaint with the CFPB, # XXXX, that seemed to have solved the extra principal payment problem.Now after making my regular mortgage payment for XX/XX/XXXX, by chance i logged on to my bank account todayXX/XX/2016 to find that the payments were returned to my account. After calling the lending company they informed me that they changed there billing system and my payment was kicked back? They never notified me that there was a problem with the payment, if i would n't have checked my bank account my payment would have been late. They did accept my payments and wave any fees involved with paying over the phone. But for a company to change THERE billing system and not notify the customer that something may be wrong because of a change THEY made is ridiculous. The CSR told me they notified my bank, well that 's nice but I am the customer, not my bank. Through my dealings with this company I see them nothing more as a shady operator trying to make money on late fees caused by THEM and interest on extra principal payments not applied to the account until a full payment is reached, as in my first complaint about them.
Consumer complaint received 2024-08-20
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (NC)

I am writing to file a formal complaint regarding the inaccurate reporting of a late payment on my credit report by credit bureaus. The presence of this late payment inaccurately reflects my payment history, as I have consistently paid my bills on time. This discrepancy constitutes a billing error, violating my rights under the Fair Credit Billing Act, 15 USC 1666B. According to this law, consumers have the right to dispute and seek correction of billing errors, which include inaccuracies in payment reporting.
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-28
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: Shellpoint Partners, LLC (OR)

Have called the negotiator and manager assigned to the loan XXXX times total, XXXX voicemails left for the negotiator and XXXX voicemails left for the manager and have not received a call back. 

This started XXXX XXXX 2015 and I still have only spoken to the manager XXXX XXXX once since then on XXXX/XXXX/15. I have left XXXX voicemails for the manager XXXX XXXX since then and still have not received a call back, it 's complete negligence. 

The other problem and the reason why I 'm trying to reach the manager in the first place is Shell Point did an appraisal on the property at {$280000.00}. Our short sale offer is at {$280000.00}. It is a HAFA short sale which requires {$12000.00} to go to the second and {$10000.00} relocation assistance to go to the seller. They told us that the offer would have to be at {$290000.00} or we 'd have to negotiate the second down to {$2000.00}. This is against HAFA guidelines and the lender is " bending the rules '' to gain a higher net to their balance. 

We need this looked into and resolved, unfortunately all the CFPB has done for us in the past is reach out to management at the lender and take their word as bond and kick it back to us but I figured it 's worth a try to see if the CFPB will do something for once.
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-17
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC. (TX)

I need your assistance in investigating my mortgage company, SPS. They claimed that I defaulted on the HAMP. Reason being was that they said after placing me on the HAMP, they realized that I was unemployed when they, XXXX XXXX placed me on the HAMP and after realizing that I was getting unemployment checks ( which they received copies of in the modification packet ; they kicked me off the program. I made three trail payments them they sent me the permanent payment plan but then re-sended, claiming that because I was unemployed I did n't qualify for the program. Then they went into my husband account and took out a payment and he is not even on my loan.
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-18
Product: Other financial service — Refund anticipation check
Issue: Lost or stolen check — 
Company: SANTANDER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (RI)

Santander Bank has not issued a refund check for the Sovereign Identity Protector. I was sent a letter telling me I didnt cash the check sent to me XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. I responded to the letter to for a new check on XXXX XXXX, XXXX. I have been in contact with their customer service the past three weeks and have had a lack of customer service and only told that there was a delay with the checks. the week ending of XXXX XXXX XXXX I spoke with a supervisor gave me a reference number. Then I spoke with a XXXX XXXX at XXXX on XXXX XXXX XXXX about the matter, he was supposed to try getting me a date that I would receive the check, but have not heard back from him and when I tried calling his phone it goes to his voice mail.
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-25
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: SLM CORPORATION (LA)

I am a XXXX returning to college. I am waiting to see what my federal loans will be for this semester. My family and I have been harrassed with insessant phone calls by Sallie Mae to begin making monthly payments, starting at {$420.00}. I am employed part-time and can not afford this. When I expressed that I could n't afford monthly payments, they offered defferement for {$100.00}. When the agreed date for the payment passed, they claimed they did not recieve the payment. I now owe {$100.00} plus the $ XXXX monthly payment to be allowed defferment again. I can not afford to pay this. Speaking on the phone again, they threatened to take the loan to their collections agency. They resorted to using scare tactics in telling me they dont know how I 'll get more loans for school once they report me. They expressed they did not care if it threatened my future academic career. They are unwilling to work with me so I can continue my education. The original loan amount from Sallie Mae was XXXX. With interest, it is exceeding XXXX. I need help addressing this debt and with negotiating fair and just payment options with this loan while I have extremely low income.
Consumer complaint received 2015-12-24
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Midwest Recovery Systems (SD)

Midwest Recovery System has placed their negative tradeline on my transunion credit report for a debt that is not mine. 
The debt is for a bill in the amount of XXXX dollars from the original creditor called XXXX XXXX?? 
According to the tradeline it states the debt was made around 2011 and its a payday loan??
Consumer complaint received 2024-09-04
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. (IN)

This is the second time I've updated this questionable information by sending a letter to the three credit bureaus. I believe you have violated Sections 609 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) and 611 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) by failing to verify these items, and I will take legal action against you as a result. This was previously mentioned in my previous COMPLAINT #, and I'm including it once more. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX Balance : {$11000.00}