Plain-language articles on credit reports, disputes, consumer rules and business credit. Educational only, not legal advice.
Most of us have credit reports assembled about us by the credit bureaus, yet few of us know about the surprising history of credit reporting. The credit bureaus as we know them today grew from small, local organizations…
U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp. Photo by Carmen Natale A federal judge has denied class certification in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit against law firm…
Morgan Haefner – Thursday, December 5th, 2019 Print | Email Some hospitals in Connecticut are becoming more aggressive in their balance billing tactics, and their policies should…
Representing more than half of the hospitals in Shelby County, the CEOs of four local health care organizations convened at the University of Memphis Tuesday for a…
INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – A federal lawsuit against a local debt collector who went after a woman for an unpaid childhood medical bill, is getting tossed out.…
Total U.S. household debt again surpassed the peak experienced in the third quarter of 2008 during the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York…
Consumer credit card losses, or charge-offs, among the Top 100 U.S. banks, are continuing to rise to levels for a third-quarter not seen since early 2013.…
It doesn’t matter if you were fired or laid off, whether you saw it coming or were completely blindsided: Losing your job is disorienting. You’ll feel…
DALLAS, Nov. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — More than half (53%) of all Americans have been rejected for a credit card, loan, or car due to poor credit,…
MUNICH — It was a crisp fall morning, and Tom Wilson was contemplating the latest sign that the world of finance had turned upside down. Greece…
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