Those credit reports are pulled from consumer reporting agencies. The most familiar consumer reporting agencies are ones ...

Goodwin tracked four public enforcement actions related to credit reporting or credit repair services, consistent with the four ...

A credit sweep is a fraudulent credit repair tactic that disputes all negative items on a credit report at once.

A unit inside the C.F.P.B. protects servicemembers and veterans from financial scams. The Trump Administration has tried to stop it.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was launched in 2011 in response to the 2008 banking crisis, which destabilized millions of Americans. This new U.S. government agency' ...

Welcome to the “Data Privacy and Cybersecurity” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review.

New CFPB rules may erase $49 billion in medical debt from credit reports, boosting credit scores for 15 million Americans if enforcement proceeds.

For more information on access to fair credit, explore, A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It can be a challenge to build a credit ...