Lenders Allow Unauthorized Contact-Info Changes That Trigger Wrongful Vehicle Repossession
A borrower's loan servicer permitted an unauthorized third party to change her contact information without proper identity verification, causing her to miss payment and default notices that led to repossession of her vehicle. This reflects a gap in account-change authentication controls at lending institutions that can produce severe, hard-to-reverse consumer harm.
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Lenders Repossess Vehicles Despite Borrowers Being Current on Payments
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