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The CFPB is quietly adding protection for credit bureaus instead of protecting you. Here's what you need to know.

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Imagine being turned down for a loan or paying higher interest rates due to errors on your credit report. It happens more often than you might think. But Consumer Reports has ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Social media influencers are promoting a shortcut to repairing credit that federal officials have said is illegal and could put consumers at risk of fines or imprisonment, the ...

My credit is, shall we say, less than stellar. Some of the black marks on my report are deserved (I went through a period where tuition casued me serious finaicial hardship), but some of them are due ...

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