Category: Credit Score Quality

Richmond, Virginia – ( NewMediaWire[1] ) – December 05, 2020 – Having poor credit can have adverse effects on a person’s financial life. Anyone with a low credit score must find a way to remedy the situation as soon as possible, especially if they want to purchase a car or qualify for a mortgage. Credit repair companies exist solely for...

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Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2020 (H.R. 5332), a bipartisan bill sponsored by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ) that would increase protection of consumer data, transparency of credit reporting, and accountability of the credit reporting agencies, furnishers, and companies that develop credit scoring models. Specifically, this bill will create a...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. https://apnews.com/press-release/PR%2520Newswire/e74fa04e8e6a7df4b70f8ee09524f2a7Click to copy ATLANTA, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Equifax Inc.[1] (NYSE: EFX) understands the significant impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on consumers across the United States. Shelter-in-place orders, curfews and social distancing have made the ability to connect important to most...

FORT MYERS Another change is coming soon to how credit scores are calculated. The Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) is a credit score reporting company that provides a score to judge your creditworthiness for lenders. The Wall Street Journal[1] is reporting the changes could affect the score of millions of Americans, making it harder to get loans. It’s anticipated the scores...

At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has temporarily halted and frozen the assets of Grand Teton Professionals, an alleged credit repair scheme that charged illegal upfront fees and falsely claimed to repair consumers’ credit. The company and other defendants are charged with violating the FTC Act and several provisions of the Credit Repair Organizations Act, the Telemarketing...

A Federal Trade Commission study of the U.S. credit reporting industry found that five percent of consumers had errors on one of their three major credit reports that could lead to them paying more for products such as auto loans and insurance. Overall, the congressionally mandated study on credit report accuracy found that one in five consumers had an error...

RIVERWOODS, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE[1])–Online daters might have better luck finding Mr. or Ms. Right if they swap out the profile picture of their expensive car with an image of their credit score, according to a recent survey by Discover and Match Media Group. The two companies collaborated on the independent survey of online daters to better understand the relationship between finance...