Credit Acceptance Agrees to $709.5 Million Multistate Auto-Lending Settlement

Is Credit Acceptance paying $709.5 million in cash?

No. Credit Acceptance will pay $60 million for consumer restitution and $15.5 million to participating attorneys general, while an estimated $634 million consists of waived customer balances.

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Why does the settlement matter for Credit Acceptance?

If approved, it resolves the 2023 New York attorney general lawsuit and the related multistate investigation. It also imposes new collection, borrower-protection, disclosure and dealer-oversight requirements lasting five to seven years.

Will the settlement create a new earnings charge?

Not according to Credit Acceptance's September 18 SEC filing. The company said the payments and debt relief will not require charges beyond amounts already accrued and disclosed.

What could the settlement mean for CACC shareholders?

Final approval would resolve the specified regulatory claims while making future loan and collection practices subject to the settlement's restrictions. Credit Acceptance says the requirements do not fundamentally alter its business model or materially affect its business.

What happens next?

The consent judgments require final court approval in the relevant jurisdictions. California's attorney general said specified debt relief and certain five-year borrower protections are scheduled to begin by November 2, 2026.