One of the most important things to know when you apply for a credit card is which credit bureau the bank uses to pull your credit report. Your credit report is a detailed record of your credit ...

When you apply for a credit card or loan, the bank will likely pull a credit report. Those credit reports are pulled from consumer reporting agencies. The most familiar consumer reporting agencies are ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — All work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is on pause right now and several leaders have already been fired or replaced while the Trump Administration looks at trimming ...

Just months after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a Washington law to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports, the Trump ...

It’s a good idea to check your credit reports from the three credit agencies regularly, and when consumers get their report from Equifax they may notice some changes. The company has unveiled a newly ...

"This case was easy to predict. If a credit agency reports a consumer as dead, it only makes sense for them to be held accountable," said Daniel Zemel, an attorney based in Paterson, New Jersey, on ...

If you find yourself buried in credit card debt, there are ways to help you dig back out, like a hardship agreement or a lump ...