Fact-Checking Policy
Every article published on CashCompassPro is independently verified against primary sources before going live. This page describes our process so readers can hold us accountable.
Primary sources we use
- State attorney general and banking regulator websites for APR caps, licensing, and legality
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) data, enforcement actions, and rule text
- Federal Reserve and FDIC reports for industry-wide statistics
- Lender disclosures and loan agreements for product-level claims
- U.S. Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics for demographic and income data on city/state pages
Verification steps
- Draft is written from primary sources, with each statistic linked to its origin.
- A second reviewer re-checks rates, dates, APR caps, and legal status against the same sources.
- Pages are dated with a "last reviewed" timestamp and reviewed at least annually.
- Reader corrections via our contact form are reviewed within 5 business days.
Corrections policy
When we publish a correction, we note the change at the bottom of the affected page with the original text, the corrected text, and the date. Material corrections also trigger a fresh round of review on related pages.
What we don't do
We do not allow advertisers to alter editorial content. We do not republish lender marketing copy as if it were independent analysis. We do not quote APRs without dating them.