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Educational Funding Company, Inc. has 1 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforEducational Funding Company, Inc.

    Customer Relationship Management

    Additional business information

    Additional Info:
    The company maintains two locations outside the US:

    EFC - UK & Ireland
    7 Barton Court,
    11-12 High Street
    Highworth, Swindon, SN6 7AG
    UK
    [email protected]  Tel: 01793 764550

    EFC - Australia & New Zealand
    PO Box 7212
    Kariong, NSW 2250
    AUSTRALIA  
    Tel: 61 2 4022 9779
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    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 2 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    4 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    Since 1968, Educational Funding Company has been providing billing, financial, software,marketing, and business advisory services to fitness, martial arts, and health-related businesses in the US, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia.

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    4740 Chevy Chase Dr Ste 200, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6461
    BBB File Opened:
    3/1/1999
    Years in Business:
    57
    Business Started:
    1/1/1967
    Business Started Locally:
    1/1/1967
    Business Incorporated:
    11/21/2006
    Licensing Information:
    This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
    BBB records show a license number of 6496 for this business, issued by Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation-MD

    These agencies may include:

    Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation-MD

    500 N. Calvert Street, Room 402

    Baltimore MD 21202

    (410) 230-6079

    http://www.dllr.state.md.us/finance/collagboard.shtml

    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Business Management
    • Mr. John Cokinos, President
    • Mr. Mark Cokinos, Vice President
    • Mr. Dave Durman, COO
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. John Cokinos, President

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. John Cokinos, President
    Additional Contact Information

    Fax Numbers

    • (301) 654-7750
      Primary Fax

    Customer Complaints

    4 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    08/10/2022

    Complaint Type:
    Product Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    I have contacted ********************************************* verbally, over the phone, via certified letter and email to cancel my membership. 9 months ago I started contacting EFC tuition directly. They said they'd just need proof so I sent them a copy of the email. Then said it'd be no problem. I called them the subsequent 3 months later and they have never followed through. This is a company scamming martial arts studios. I even changed card numbers and they still found a way to charge me. So now they're blocked and fraudulent, but I still get texts that I owe them money.. bad bad bad bad business.

    Customer Reviews

    2 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Michelle B

    1 star

    07/20/2023

    The earlier review is 100% accurate. My daughter is taking the summer off from taekwondo, and I have been continuously charged no matter how many times I call or email. Customer service is incredibly rude and won’t believe me. They said they need to call the school, despite the admin telling me multiple times she’s written to them. I will likely need to close my credit card and dispute the charges to get this company to stop charging me.

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