Having an erroneous collection account on your credit report isn't a life sentence, though. There are laws in place to ...

A bipartisan coalition of legislators want to break up an alleged duopoly of Visa and Mastercard in the payment processing ...

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

The Minister for Social Security and Disability said "act without delay to secure quick access to benefit entitlement" ...

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a cornerstone of consumer protection in the United States, ensuring the accuracy and privacy of credit information.

Staff treating the Nottingham killer considered not giving him a long-lasting antipsychotic injection because he is black, a ...

With Rohit Chopra gone, Republicans have the mechanisms to overturn some of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's most ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Jan. 17, 2025, that Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus, must pay a $15 million penalty for not conducting ...

Hate speech laws will be strengthened in the next sitting of parliament. Some of the reforms will be in defiance of the state ...

The trade groups say the rule violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which expressly permits consumer reporting agencies to report information about medical debt and authorises creditors to consi ...

Debt collectors cannot discuss your debt with anyone other than you, your spouse (in some cases) or your attorney. They cannot leave messages with co-workers, relatives or friends disclosing that you ...