Landlords use credit reports to collect rent, leaving tenants with costly surprises
This St. Louis man’s credit score plunged from 815 to 630 after his landlord sent a $4,500 rent dispute to collections — here ...
Good riddance to the consumer financial protection bureau
The housing crisis and subsequent financial crisis in 2008 was caused in large part by politicizing loan eligibility criteria ...
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$49 billion of medical debt may stay on consumer’s credit reports after all
A ruling by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would have eliminated the debts, but the Trump administration paused it ...
What’s at stake if Consumer Financial Protection Bureau goes dark
Stalled lawsuits. Halted supervision and oversight. Suspended workforce. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the ...
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R.I.P. CFPB? What’s At Stake If the Watchdog Agency Goes Dark
Stalled lawsuits. Halted supervision and oversight. Suspended workforce. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the ...
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Is the golden era of consumer protection about to disappear?
I haven’t seen anyone pronounce what I’m about to say. The weeks before the inauguration of a new president of the United States were an extraordinary time for consumer regulators — and by definition, ...
Fair Isaac: Score Prices Shall Keep Rising
Fair Isaac keeps executing its price increase strategy and still has room for further increases in the scores segment. Read ...
Consumers don't need more hidden fees, tricky loans, or a repeat of the financial crisis
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a go-to financial agency for dealing with bad practices. Trump ...
Consumers, these protections that passed before the buzzer might signal end of golden age
The weeks before the inauguration of a new president of the United States were an extraordinary time for consumer regulators ...
A Consumer Financial Watchdog’s Fate Is Unclear. Here’s What’s at Stake.
Many consumer protections are in limbo, including an $8 cap on credit-card late fees and a proposed rule on selling customer ...
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 ...