Picking the best credit card for your individual needs may be more complicated than you think. With dozens of choices, it's ...

Cleaning up your credit reports by getting errors fixed and taking steps to address any legitimate negative information can help you improve your credit file. Why should you clean ...

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Others, such as Equifax, have both personal and business credit divisions. Regardless of the agency, business credit reports are a separate thing from the personal credit reports of individual ...

Issuers may report card activity to business credit bureaus, including Dun & Bradstreet, Experian Business Credit and Equifax Small Business. Small business owners or sole proprietors with no ...

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On January 17, CFPB fined Equifax for failing to use documents and evidence that consumers provided with a dispute claim, which would have removed inaccuracies from a consumer’s credit report.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Friday it had fined credit reporting bureau Equifax $15 million for failing to sufficiently investigate consumer disputes of its credit ...

Equifax’s policies limited consumers’ ability to dispute inaccurate information being put on their credit report. Finally, Equifax reported credit information that it should have blocked ...

The accusations against Equifax mirror allegations made in a lawsuit filed against fellow credit-reporting giant Experian just two weeks ago, in which the consumer watchdog claimed that Experian ...

Equifax has been hit with a $15 million fine by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for inadequately addressing consumer disputes relating to credit reports. The decision underscores a ...