Plain-language articles on credit reports, disputes, consumer rules and business credit. Educational only, not legal advice.
The United States Court of Appeals decided on Friday to uphold the dismissal of a complaint by Hope Darrisaw against the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. Darrisaw sued PHEAA under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act after the…
Washington — The Department of Justice unveiled charges against four members of China’s military for allegedly hacking into the credit agency Equifax and stealing the personal…
Morgan Haefner – Monday, February 10th, 2020 Print | Email A growing number of hospitals and debt collectors are using contempt of court laws to arrest and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Of all the ways Jimmy Glasscock imagined spending his retirement working was perhaps the last idea that came to mind. This 64-year-old…
The purchase of their first home is a milestone for any couple — largely because it often takes so long to get there. So many variables…
Jeffery Haarhof, Bulelani Mehlomakhulu, Angelie Arrija and Lisinda Bailey are members of a group of consumers who successfully had their emolument attachment orders scrapped in the…
Credit and Collections Take a look at those agings reports – you should be seeing the number of past-dues going down. Small business delinquency rates have…
Joann Deal, from the Better Business Bureau, joined us to talk about the Marketing of Credit Scores. Joann Deal from the BBB of Monroe joined with…
(Credit: respres) New Jersey had the highest foreclosure rates of any state in the country last year, according to NorthJersey.com. The state’s housing foreclosure rates did…
There are plenty of articles out there about the fastest ways to raise a credit score, but the focus of this article and infographic is a…
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