While CROA focuses on regulating credit repair companies, other federal laws are focused on protecting consumers. The Fair ...

For the “failure to conduct proper investigations of consumer disputes,” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) last ...

Opposition is quickly forming against the Biden administration’s rule to ban medical debt from appearing on consumers’ credit ...

The agency estimated the rule will remove more than $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans.

Monday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent government agency, announced two big actions relating to our credit reports.

On January 17, 2025, the CFPB issued a consent order against a large consumer reporting agency for failing to properly ...

A top watchdog agency for consumer finance has accused credit rating company Experian of failing to properly investigate consumer disputes. In an announcement Tuesday, the Consumer Financial ...

During the week of January 6, the CFPB released a “second” Winter 2024 Supervisory Highlights, focused on the agency’s most recent findings ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has imposed a $15 million fine on Equifax, a consumer reporting agency, for failing ...

With the new lawsuits, consumers with medical debt will be stuck in the middle but experts say there are options.

Harvard University has hired another law firm to help it navigate a U.S. House investigation into its response to claims of ...