When errors show up on your credit report, it can feel like a setback to your financial progress. Negative marks can affect ...

A 609 letter can help you challenge credit report errors, but it's not a magic fix for your debt. Here's why.

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 ...

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A credit score is a number that rates a consumer’s creditworthiness. The higher the score, the better a borrower looks to ...

If you look at your consumer credit report, you may be surprised at what you don’t find there. While it will show the amount you paid on your auto loan, mortgage, and unsecured loan, you may not have ...

This illustration shows a credit card being locked by silver metallic chains and a padlock. Reporter In the aftermath of the major security breach confirmed by National Public Data (NPD) on Friday, ...

The National Consumer Law Center is claiming the Credit Data Industry Association wants to suppress Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint filings.

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