The number of people with no credit record — known as "credit invisibles" by the financial industry — has plummeted to just 2.7% of the population, or 7 million Americans, after the Consumer Financial ...

Sensitive personal information belonging to 4.4 million customers, including their names and Social Security numbers, was exposed in a data breach on credit bureau TransUnion, in what is believed to ...

The credit bureaus are out here telling folks about your business. Here’s how you can stop them. Are you receiving an onslaught of pesky calls from potential lenders or “pre-screened” offers from ...

The nation’s three largest credit bureaus—Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion—said this week that they would make permanent consumers’ access to free, weekly credit reports via AnnualCreditReport.com, ...

The text of an e-mail, which is largely incorrect, that has been circulated widely and has raised the concern of many consumers: "Just wanted to let everyone know who hasn't already heard, the four ...

“To rebuild your credit, you first need to get some credit, which is often the hardest part if you have a low credit score (or have no credit history),” he wrote. Germain suggests starting small by ...