When you’re applying for a loan, credit card or lease, knowing the difference between your credit score and credit report can give you some insight into how your lender or landlord views you from a ...

Discovering an error on your credit report can be alarming, especially when that mistake affects your ability to secure housing, employment, or financing. While you ...

A credit reporting agency is a company that compiles information about your borrowing history into a credit report. Also called credit bureaus, credit reporting agencies primarily sell reports to ...

Washington, D.C., is home to a population that frequently interacts with complex financial systems, from securing mortgages to managing personal and business credit. Errors on credit reports can ...

Credit reporting issues have consistently ranked among the top consumer complaints tracked by the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network. According to the FTC’s 2024 data book, reports ...

“Affirm operates on the principles of transparency and putting consumers first, which is why we have been actively engaged with Experian and across our industry to build upon our credit reporting ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Equifax $15 million over errors tied to consumer credit reports, alleging the company failed to conduct proper investigations of disputed information, ...

The California Department of Justice is urging residents to pull their free credit reports regularly and to file complaints ...

In a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit in Reyes v. Equifax Information Systems, L.L.C., joined the First, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in affirming the District Court for the Eastern ...