Credit Karma tricked customers into thinking they were pre-approved for credit cards

[WaldenEast]

"The Federal Trade Commission on Monday ordered personal finance company Credit Karma to pay $3 million to customers the agency alleges were deceived into applying for products they weren't eligible for." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/credit-karma-federal-trade-commission-3-million-deceptive-claims/ 

[WaldenEast]

MONEYWATCH

Credit Karma tricked customers into thinking they were pre-approved for credit cards, FTC says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/credit-karma-federal-trade-commission-3-million-deceptive-claims

[OmarGB9]

And of course CK vehemently denies the claims. 

[OniStringer]

Man Credit Karma could be such a great tool and is for a quick glance at your credit as a whole. But they really do weird things.

[Bill77]

Speaking of CK, I feel like the marketing of the Upgrade cards are deceptive.  It should be more clear that you are not signing up for a standard credit card everyone would commonly know.  Although I'm sure they covered themselves in the fine print.

[Horseshoez]

I've been critical of CreditKarma in the past and been heavily flamed for the effort; this revelation from the FTC comes as no surprise to me.

[1GaDawg85]

this is my shocked face