On January 16, the CFPB filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, arguing that the FCRA disclosure ...

The lawsuit alleges the CFPB exceeded its statutory authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and chose to ignore the legislative history of medical debts. In 1996, Congress prohibited medical ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finished last week with notable actions against a captive finance company and a credit bureau with total penalties against the companies approaching $30 ...

Officials explained the FCRA provides people multiple ways to dispute inaccurate information on their consumer reports, including by contacting consumer reporting agencies directly. The CFPB added ...

Equifax, a leading credit reporting agency, faces a $15 million fine from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for ...

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Equifax, the nationwide consumer reporting agency, for its failure to conduct proper investigations of consumer disputes.

Credit bureaus are required by the FCRA to provide notice of a consumer dispute to the credit furnisher that reported the disputed information. The CFPB said that Equifax "engaged in unfair conduct by ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found roughly 43 million Americans had medical bills on their credit reports, ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Dec. 3 proposed a rule ... they are "consumer reporting agencies" under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), requiring them to comply with ...