FTC: Cleo AI, cash advance claims consumer protection case

US Federal Trade Commission · decided Mar 27, 2025 · Settled

Decision

The FTC alleged the AI budgeting app misled consumers about how much cash advance money they could get and how fast, and made cancellation difficult.

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