In a groundbreaking move, the Biden administration has introduced a new rule that will prevent unpaid medical bills from ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is tasked with writing and enforcing rules for the financial industry. How might the independent federal agency change under the Trump administration?

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 9, 2025 Poverty advocates in Indiana are hoping a new federal rule that could ...

The CFPB's ruling will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans ...

While the actual registration process has been going smoothly, there's some confusion among nonbanks over the timing and what ...

The rules ban credit agencies from including medical debts on consumers' credit reports and prohibit lenders from considering ...

One of the largest debt collectors has faced penalties for violating consumer rights. Still, it filed more than 20,000 lawsuits in Maricopa County since 2022.

There is an estimated $49 billion in unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it would undertake a rule to regulate large participants in the personal loan ...

There is growing evidence, for example, that credit scores depressed by medical debt can threaten people’s access to housing and drive homelessness. People with low credit scores can also have trouble ...

Amid the final stretch of the Biden-Harris Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has delivered a ...

The Biden Administration finalized a rule that bans credit reporting agencies from including medical debt when calculating ...