Why?
Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers
the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we
collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to
understand what we do.
What?
The types of personal information we collect depend on the product or service you have with us.
This information can include:
How?
All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday
business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their
customers’ personal information; the reasons BMG chooses to share; and whether you can limit
this sharing.
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Reasons we can share your personal information |
Does BMG share? | Can you limit this sharing? |
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For our everyday business purposes— such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus |
Yes | No |
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For our marketing purposes— to offer our products and services to you |
Yes | No |
| For joint marketing with other financial companies | Yes | No |
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For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes— information about your transactions and experiences |
No | We don’t share |
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For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes— information about your creditworthiness |
No | We don’t share |
| For our affiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
| For nonaffiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
To limit direct marketing contact
Call: (800) 316-8507
E-mail: optout@bmgmoney.com
Who is providing this notice?
BMG Money, Inc. and its affiliate BMG LoansAtWork, LLC (collectively, “BMG”)
How does BMG protect my personal information?
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that
comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
We
authorize our employees to access your information only when they need it to do their work, and we
require companies that work for us to protect your information.
How does BMG collect my personal information?
We collect your personal information, for example, when you
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, your employer, or other companies.
Why can’t I limit all sharing?
Federal law gives you the right to limit only
Affiliates
Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
Nonaffiliates
Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial
companies.
Joint Marketing
A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products
or
services to you.
Vermont: In accordance with Vermont law, we will not share information that we collect about Vermont residents with companies outside of BMG, except as permitted by law, such as with the consent of the customer, to service the customer’s accounts or under joint marketing agreements with other financial institutions with which we have joint marketing agreements. We will not share creditworthiness information about Vermont residents among our affiliates except with the authorization or consent of the Vermont resident.
California: In accordance with California law, we will not share information we collect about California residents with nonaffiliated third parties, except as permitted by law, such as with the consent of the customer, or to service the customer’s account. We will also limit the sharing of information about you to the extent required by applicable California law.
Nevada: We are providing you this notice under state law. You may be placed on our internal Do Not Call List by following the directions in the To limit direct marketing contact section. Nevada law requires we provide the following contact information: Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of the Nevada Attorney General, 555 E. Washington St., Suite 3900, Las Vegas, NV 89101; Phone number: (702) 486-3132; e-mail: AgInfo@ag.nv.gov.
Important Information about Credit Reporting
We may report your information about your account to credit bureaus. Late payments, missed payments or other defaults on your account may be reflected in your credit report.
1 Instant Funding available if you provide a valid debit card, funds are generally deposited in the bank account linked to this debit card within minutes. If you do not choose the instant funding option, expedited funding is available and usually takes 2-3 hours to receive funds if your bank is within the RTP® network. For ACH funding outside the RTP network, same day funding is available for applications approved and signed before 12:00 p.m. ET Monday - Saturday not including federal holidays, for applications approved and signed by 4:30 p.m., funds are generally deposited the next business day Monday - Saturday not including federal holidays, in which case funding will occur on the following business day.
2 Your FICO Credit Score will not be pulled for the processing of this loan application; however, failure to make payments may affect your FICO credit score.
3 Subject to BMG Money, Inc. or BMG LoansAtWork, LLC loan program requirements and approval.
4 BMG Money loans are provided at a significantly lower cost than most payday loans. For example, in Florida a $2,000 loan with a one-time fee of $25 will be repaid through 25 bi-weekly allotment installment payments in one year, will have an APR of 32.25% and a bi-weekly allotment installment payment of approximately $95 with a total payback amount of approximately $2,358.82 (assumes a 06/14/2021 loan execution date). In contrast, “...the average interest rate on the average payday loan is 391%...” Source – https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2019/july/how-payday-loans-work - July 19, 2019.
5 Our interest rate match policy applies only to loans made by BMG Money, Inc. or BMG LoansAtWork, LLC, intended to be repaid by payroll allotment, to employees of the U.S. federal government (excluding military service members) residing in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamsphire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carlina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Washington DC or Wyoming. * TO REPORT A PROBLEM OR COMPLAINT WITH THIS LENDER YOU MAY WRITE OR CALL Customer Service Manager at 444 Brickell Avenue Suite 250 Miami, FL 33131; (800) 316-8507; or at customer.service@bmgmoney.com. TO RESIDENTS OF NEW MEXICO: This lender is licensed and regulated, when making loans of $10,000 or less, by the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, Financial Institutions Division, P.O. Box 25101, 2550 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504. To report any unresolved problems or complaints, contact the division by telephone at (505) 476-4885 or visit the website "New Mexico Regulation & Licensing Department". All loans are made by BMG Money affiliate BMG Money LoansAtWork, NMLS #1649032.
6 Military Lending Act Disclosure: Due to rules and restrictions within the Military Lending Act, this program is not available to active duty service members or their spouses.
7 California Residents: Loan made or arranged pursuant to a California Finance Lenders Law license please note, that "California Finance Lenders Law" has since changed its name to "California Financing Law”. California Privacy Rights: If you are a California resident who is a natural person, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) provides certain rights concerning your personal information, unless an exception applies. These exceptions include information subject to the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). In addition to the exceptions under the CCPA, the CCPA does not consider information to be personal information if it cannot be reasonably linked to any consumer or household. The information that we collect, use, and share is exempt from the CCPA because it is subject to the GLBA, subject to the FCRA, or it is not considered personal information.
8 Residents of Washington: BMG LoansAtWork, LLC holds Consumer Loan Company License # CL1649032; NMLS Consumer Access webpage: www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org