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

Understanding your rights as a consumer is more critical than ever. Financial rights education platforms have emerged as ...

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

In a bit of a surprise development at the end of 2024, the United States Senate passed the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, which amends the ...

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 ...

A credit reporting agency is a company that collects information about your borrowing and repayment history and compiles the information into a credit report. Lenders, landlords, employers and others ...

Digging deeper into the complaint, the government says between February 2020 and May 2021, Honda Finance agreed to defer ...

Amid recent technological advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, on January 17, 2025, the CFPB issued its Winter 2025 Supervisory Highlights: Advanced Technologies Special Edition.