Actor Prakash Raj on Monday said it was “heart-warming and reassuring” to see a State Legislature and a State government organising a book festival when legislatures in the country are often ...

Earl “Buddy” Carter has proposed eliminating the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and replacing the current US tax code with a national consumption tax through a bill known as H.R. 25, the Fair Tax Act ...

Since March 2020, borrowers who were behind on their federal student loan payments or were in default have been shielded from credit reporting consequences. The CARES Act, which Congress enacted ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently implemented a new regulation regarding credit reporting practices. Starting from January 1, 2025, lenders are required to update credit bureau records ...

COURT: E.D. Tex. TRACK DOCKET: No. 4:25-cv-00016 (Bloomberg Law subscription) A trade group representing consumer credit reporting companies and a Texas-based credit union association sued to block ...

Under FERPA, a school may not generally disclose personally identifiable information from an eligible student's education records to a third party unless the eligible student has provided written ...

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 authorizes creditors to ...

Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), agencies like Experian are required to ensure their reports' accuracy and conduct due investigations into consumer disputes. The CFPB asserts that ...

Overall, the CFPB alleges that Experian's practices violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), both of which are designed to protect consumers ...

The CFPB sued Experian, accusing the credit reporting bureau of violating “The Fair Credit Reporting Act” by not taking the proper steps to process, investigate and notify consumers about ...

If it goes into effect in its current form, the major credit reporting bureaus (Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax) will not be allowed to include information about medical debts in consumer credit ...

The RBI's directive, first announced in August 2024, allows lenders and credit bureaus a transition period to upgrade their systems and processes. With these new bi-monthly updates, financial ...