Equifax Ordered to Pay $15 Million: Here's What Consumers Should Know
Equifax was heavily fined by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for not adequately investigating consumer credit report ...
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What is a credit reporting agency?
Credit bureaus are regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), a federal consumer protection law. The FCRA is designed to protect your privacy and ensure your credit reports are accurate.
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Who Regulates Residential Mortgage Trigger Leads?
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 ...
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The CFPB's Proposed Data Broker Rule
In today's episode, we discuss the CFPB’s recent proposed data broker rule—a proposal that would greatly expand the reach of the Fair Credit ...
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What is a credit reporting agency?
Credit reporting agencies are the companies that compile information from creditors to create your credit reports. Experian, Equifax and TransUnion are the three main credit reporting agencies, but ...
Honda Finance To Pay $12.8M For Smearing Credit Score Of 300,000 Customers
Digging deeper into the complaint, the government says between February 2020 and May 2021, Honda Finance agreed to defer ...
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CFPB Examinations Highlight Fair Lending Risks in Credit Scoring Models
Amid recent technological advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, on January 17, 2025, the CFPB issued ...