Having an erroneous collection account on your credit report isn't a life sentence, though. There are laws in place to ...

A bipartisan coalition of legislators want to break up an alleged duopoly of Visa and Mastercard in the payment processing ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found roughly 43 million Americans had medical bills on their credit reports, ...

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Staff treating the Nottingham killer considered not giving him a long-lasting antipsychotic injection because he is black, a ...

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a cornerstone of consumer protection in the United States, ensuring the accuracy and privacy of credit information.

The Minister for Social Security and Disability said "act without delay to secure quick access to benefit entitlement" ...

Medical debt is a tough burden for people and hurts credit scores, but a new rule is removing that debt form credit reports. FOX 26's Heather Sullivan spoke with Paul Oster with Better Qualified who ...

With Rohit Chopra gone, Republicans have the mechanisms to overturn some of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's most ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Jan. 17, 2025, that Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus, must pay a $15 million penalty for not conducting ...

The trade groups say the rule violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which expressly permits consumer reporting agencies to report information about medical debt and authorises creditors to consi ...

On January 17, the CFPB issued a consent order and stipulation against an auto finance company for alleged violations of the FCRA, Regulation V ...