Is no credit better than bad credit?
If you have no credit, there’s very little or no evidence to indicate what kind of borrower you will be. On the other hand, ...
You can still report badly behaving banks to the CFPB
Trump officials halted work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the agency's public portal for reporting ...
Winston-Salem Journal2d
A new CFPB rule would keep medical debt off credit reports. The Trump administration asks judge to pause rule
The Trump administration’s bid to reduce the authority of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has advanced, with ...
Medical Debt & Credit Reports: Will the new CFPB regulation go into effect or be scrapped?
The Biden Administration put in the regulation to ban medical debt on credit reports, but the regulation is not popular with ...
What does having the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold mean for consumers?
NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, ...
Trump has subdued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. So what does this agency do?
President Trump and other critics of the agency say it needs to be shut down. Supporters of the agency point to its record of protecting consumers.
What the Tech? Freezing your credit
What can you do to protect yourself from identity theft? One effective strategy is freezing your credit. Here's what you ...
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I Have an Almost 800 Credit Score. Here's How I Did It
How much debt you carry impacts 30% of your credit score. Before we had our mortgage, the two biggest debts I carried were my ...
US consumer bureau upheaval leaves consumers adrift, experts say
The Trump administration's rapid dismantling of the U.S. consumer protection watchdog will have broad implications for ...
Cordele woman arrested with 125 counts including identity theft, per GBI report
The report says that DeAundra Smith, 25, has been arrested and accused of 125 charges including 38 counts of identity theft, 19 counts of computer trespass, 18 counts of financial transaction card ...
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36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations
The bureau “has been a woke & weaponized agency ... The agency recently adopted rules to eliminate medical debt from credit reports and limit most credit card late fees to $8 or less per month ...