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

Seventeen financial services trade groups are calling on the CFPB to abandon its plan to amend rules under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ...

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

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

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, agreed to temporarily halt enforcement ...

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

The bureau said that Equifax — which processes 765,000 disputes per month — violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act which mandates that credit reporting agencies investigate disputed information and ...

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 ...

which alleged Equifax violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Equifax settled the allegations to "[turn] the page on the CFPB's long-running investigation," a company spokesperson wrote in an e-mail.

After weeks of emptying the shelves at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with dozens of enforcement actions, new rules, ...