A bill aimed at improving the homebuying process for Americans passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, aiming to reduce the number of unwanted calls and messages which follow a mortgage ...

When your credit report is inaccurate, the consequences can be severe, from loan denials to higher interest rates or even missed job opportunities. Among the three major credit bureaus, TransUnion ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 26, 2025 / When inaccurate or outdated collection accounts show up on a credit ...

Typically, when using Buy Now, Pay Later loans, consumers pay for a given purchase in four installments over six weeks, in a ...

The Fair Credit Reporting Act is a federal law that went into effect in 1970. Its main job is to make sure your personal credit information is handled fairly and accurately by credit bureaus ...

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a new rule requiring data brokers to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, part of a flurry of last-minute rulemaking at the ...

The Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York. The number of lawsuits filed under the Fair Credit Reporting Act has spiked in recent years, often by plaintiffs representing themselves and ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to propose new regulations that would require data brokers to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. In a speech at the White House earlier this ...

In 2015, the CFPB ordered a medical debt collection company that mismanaged consumer credit reporting disputes to provide $5.4 million in relief and pay a $500,000 penalty.