Your credit report is one of the most important factors influencing your financial life. Lenders, landlords, insurance ...

An incorrect address on your credit report is one at which you've never lived and it can be a signal of identity theft.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report Tuesday that details complaints about consumer credit reporting agencies and their efforts to address those concerns. The CFPB is ...

You want help if you forget an online password. TransUnion made it too easy, which gave a potential opening to identity thieves.

It's especially important to check if you're retired. If identity thieves wanted to steal a person's credit identity -- ...

Credit reporting problems can be a significant blow to an individual’s financial fortunes. In Virginia, where over 46,000 consumers have filed complaints about credit reporting issues, according to ...

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Three of the country’s largest credit reporting agencies are removing nearly 70% of medical debt from consumer credit reports, the companies announced in a joint statement Friday. In addition, unpaid ...

Kiah Treece is a former attorney, small business owner and personal finance coach with extensive experience in real estate and financing. Her focus is on demystifying debt to help consumers and ...

WASHINGTON - JUNE 12: CFPB Director Rohit Chopra testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ...

Update, Sept. 23, 2022: The thee major credit bureaus have now extended free weekly credit reports through 2023. Original article: The three major credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion ...

According to a report from TransUnion, delinquencies among renters doubled after the resumption in student loan collections.