In a statement, a spokesperson for Equifax said the settlement "turns the page" on the matter, which it first disclosed in 2022.

A groundbreaking regulation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is set to transform the credit landscape in ...

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Medical debt ought to be a different case because credit-score blemishes connected to health scares and unforeseen medical mishaps aren't a good gauge of a person's ability to repay other loans, CFPB ...

Removing medical debts from consumer credit reports is expected to boost the credit scores of millions of families by an ...

If you have any medical debt, you’ll be glad to know it will no longer appear on your credit report. On Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the finalization of a rule ...

Americans will no longer have to decide what’s more important: Their health or their credit score. Finalized on January 7, a ...

Americans who currently have medical debt on their credit reports could also see their credit scores rise by an average of 20 ...

Americans won’t have to worry about unpaid medical bills damaging their credit reports and scores much longer.

A new rule announced will remove medical debt from thousands of Arizonans' credit scores, a move Kamala Harris said would be ...

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