One of the nation’s largest credit reporting agencies has been fined $15 million for issuing inaccurate credit scores and failing to properly investigate consumer disputes, officials said. Equifax ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Equifax ... against another credit bureau, Experian, on Jan. 7, alleging the company conducted "sham" investigations of credit report errors.

“Consumers depend on credit bureaus like Equifax to report their credit history accurately,” James said in a statement announcing the settlement. “Equifax’s failure to do its most basic ...