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 ...

Paying off collections improves your finances, but what happens to the negative mark on your credit report?

From data entry mistakes to the results of identity theft, errors on your credit report can lower your credit score. That in turn can limit your ability to qualify for favorable interest rates on ...

Your credit report is getting a reader-friendly makeover. Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus, unveiled on Thursday a new design for its physical credit report, which now prominently ...

Text Callout : Key Takeaways – 5 Signs of Fraud that Could Show Up on Your Credit Report – and How to Fix Them A recent Federal Trade Commission report reveals that consumers reported losing more than ...

A credit freeze is an anti-fraud measure in which a credit bureau refrains from sharing a consumer’s credit report with any ...

A financial expert explains how a woman with a maxed-out credit card and no credit history can verify debt and rebuild her ...