kate_sept2004 / Getty Images The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law that regulates the collection of consumers' credit information and access to their credit reports. It was passed ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found roughly 43 million Americans had medical bills on their credit reports, ...

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

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

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 ...

Negative information that's either inaccurate ... may be in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act for routinely failing to address consumer complaints about credit report errors.

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

On January 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a final Rule (the “Rule”) that prohibits consumer reporting ...

However, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) lays out rules that the credit bureaus have to follow and rights to which their ...