Paying off debt and making home repairs are the top reasons homeowners choose a cash-out refinance, per the bureau's report.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, is a government agency that oversees the consumer finance industry, ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has imposed a $15 million fine on Equifax, a consumer reporting agency, for failing ...

Opposition is quickly forming against the Biden administration’s rule to ban medical debt from appearing on consumers’ credit ...

A credit reporting agency is a company that collects information about your borrowing and repayment history and compiles the information into a credit report. Lenders, landlords, employers and others ...

Each credit bureau operates independently. They may have different credit information for each consumer and assign them different credit scores. The information the credit bureaus collect is used ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Equifax $15 million for credit reporting errors. The CFPB alleged the credit ...

Equifax agreed to resolve allegations that it failed to conduct proper investigations of consumer disputes, ignored evidence ...

Equifax will pay a $15 million penalty for failing to properly investigate credit report disputes.

U.S. credit reporting agency TransUnion will acquire majority ownership in the consumer credit business of Mexico's Buró de ...