It's possible to regularly check on the state of your credit at no cost to you Reviewed by Ebony Howard Having good credit ...

A perk offered to consumers during the pandemic has been extended indefinitely. Your free annual credit reports are available every week at no cost. Read on for why you should take advantage. Also, ...

The Fair Credit Reporting Act outlines how credit data is collected, who can access it and what rights consumers have to dispute errors and protect their information.

The other night, I was out to dinner with a friend who works in medical billing. She shared a story that really stuck with me. One of her coworkers forgot to include a patient’s disability status on a ...

While monitoring your credit report may seem tedious and even pointless, it is crucial for protecting yourself from identity theft, ensuring the accuracy of your credit history, and effectively ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports, strongly endorsed bills introduced in Congress today to require credit scores to be included in your free, ...

Credit agencies, you might say, are akin to nagging parents. They watch and judge from a distance, rewarding responsible behavior and punishing delinquency. And credit scores? They seem a bit like ...

HOW YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOUR REPORT IS ACCURATE. BACK WHEN HE WAS IN COLLEGE, NESTOR VARGAS GOT A SURPRISE TRYING TO BUY A CAR. WENT TO GO APPLY FOR A LOAN, A CAR LOAN, AND I WAS DENIED BECAUSE THEY ...

I'm sure you've all seen the TV commercials advertising free credit reports. The truth is that most of these are actually trying to sell credit monitoring services, and require a credit card number ...

Have you seen social media posts encouraging you to freeze your credit after a data breach? Here’s what you need to know. A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that the personal information of 2.9 ...