Fed policy decisions directly impact your wallet, including the interest rates on your credit cards. We’ll tell you how.

Getting a debt consolidation loan is a fairly easy process, but you should start by assessing your eligibility.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered Equifax to pay $15 million after it “failed to conduct adequate ...

One of the nation’s largest credit reporting agencies has been fined $15 million for issuing inaccurate credit scores and ...

If you’re trying to raise your credit score, paying your credit card bills on time and lowering your balances are two positive actions you can take. But if you need to bump your score up faster ...

New Yorkers who purchased Equifax products showing their credit scores during this time may be eligible for restitution and will be contacted by the attorney general’s office. “Credit scores affect ...

Equifax, one of the nation’s “big three” credit score reporting agencies, must pay $725,000 as part of a settlement with the state after a coding error ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced a settlement with Equifax Information Services, LLC over inaccuracies in credit scores reported for tens of thousands of New Yorkers.

It is expected to remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million consumers, which would likely raise credit scores and make it easier for some people ...

The credit bureaus use their own proprietary algorithms and calculate their own credit scores. Equifax uses the Equifax Risk Score, while TransUnion uses the CreditVision Scoring Model.