When you apply for a credit card or loan, the bank will likely pull a credit report. Those credit reports are pulled from consumer reporting agencies. The most familiar consumer reporting agencies are ...

If you’ve ever heard the phrase “We need to check your credit,” your next question may be “What are the three credit reporting agencies?” The agencies are Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. These are ...

A credit reporting agency is a company that compiles information about your borrowing history into a credit report. Also called credit bureaus, credit reporting agencies primarily sell reports to ...

What to know about credit repair companies Credit repair companies can review your credit report for inaccuracies and dispute ...

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. Equifax, Experian ...

On January 7, 2025, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against a nationwide consumer reporting agency for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The lawsuit claims the company’s investigation of consumer ...

President Joe Biden did not deliver on a campaign promise to create a new agency within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide credit scores. Currently, the three private agencies — ...

TD Bank has been ordered to pay $27.7 million and implement compliance measures, for providing inaccurate, negative credit information to credit agencies about tens of thousands of its customers and ...

On Dec. 3, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a proposed rule that would treat data brokers as credit reporting agencies, subjecting them to requirements under the Fair ...

Medical debt is unfortunately synonymous with healthcare in the United States. Approximately 41% of Americans have debt for medical or dental bills – meaning they are currently owing a bill, being ...

Yodlee Empowers Lenders with Innovative Tools for Smarter Credit Decisions and Inclusive Financial Access Using Consumer Cashflow Data, Marking a New Milestone Yodlee, Inc., a leading data aggregation ...