CFPB Fines Equifax $15M Over Consumer Dispute Probes

CFPB fines Equifax $15 million for errors on credit reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Equifax $15 million for credit reporting errors. The CFPB alleged the credit bureau failed to properly investigate consumer disputes.
Credit agency crackdown: CFBP fines Equifax for damaging credit report errors
The CFPB cited Equifax’s failure to investigate disputes and resolve errors as part of its crackdown on credit reporting.
CFPB Fines Equifax $15M Over Consumer Dispute Probes -- Update
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleged Friday that Equifax made it difficult for consumers to fully describe their disputes and ignored evidence submitted with those disputes. It also lacked the systems needed to prevent previously deleted errors from being put back on credit reports,
Equifax Fined $15M For Inaccurate Credit Scores, Mishandling Disputes: CFPB
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 will pay the fine into the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's victims relief fund,
New CFPB Rule Keeps Medical Debt Off Credit Reports: What You Need to Know
Americans will no longer have to decide what’s more important: Their health or their credit score. Finalized on January 7, a new rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) prohibits credit reporting agencies from including medical debt information in the credit reports and scores they provide to lenders.
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