Your credit score is the key to accessing a word of financial products, including mortgages, auto loans and even insurance. But the credit reports used to calculate your score can have mistakes that ...

Credit report errors have increased drastically in recent years, prompting the Better Business Bureau to warn consumers about ...

A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means consumers’ hospital and doctor bills can no longer weigh down their credit scores.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is the federal law regulating the collection of consumers’ credit information and access ...

Another sign that could indicate potential fraud on your credit report is the presence of collections or charge-offs.

Massive cuts by the Trump administration have seriously diminished the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) oversight of credit bureaus, according to a new ProPublica report. Launched in the ...

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But the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said 15 million people still had medical bills in their files, which can make it hard to qualify for loans. By Ann Carrns The share of Americans with ...

Here's how to protect your credit health when no one else wants to.

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BNPL loans aren't figured into your credit score. Yet. d3sign / Getty Images Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) loans are starting to appear on credit reports, but they do not affect your credit score yet.