Medical Debt Will Now Be Wiped From Credit Reports

A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means consumers’ hospital and doctor bills can no longer weigh down their credit scores.

Fair Credit Billing Act: Protecting Consumers from Unfair Practices

Learn how the Fair Credit Billing Act protects consumers from unfair credit card billing practices, detailing dispute rights ...
CNBC

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau targets excessive credit card fees in new rule proposal

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a new rule to ban excessive credit card late fees. Congress banned excessive fees in 2009, but the Federal Reserve Board of Governors issued ...
JD Supra

Credit Reporting - March 2026

In 2025, Goodwin tracked four public enforcement actions related to credit reporting requirements or credit monitoring or repair services. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) also ...
WMUR

Checking accuracy of credit report is easy, important, Consumer Reports says

TO DO WITH THESE STEPS. FROM CONSUMER REPORTS. BACK WHEN HE WAS IN COLLEGE, NESTOR VARGAS GOT A SURPRISE TRYING TO BUY A CAR. WE WENT TO GO APPLY FOR A LOAN, A CAR LOAN, AND I WAS DENIED BECAUSE THEY ...
USA Today

Victim of fraud? Protections are different for debit, credit cards.

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated where Jared Gibson lives. He resides in Highland Park, Ill. Jared Gibson is a basketball fan, but he didn't attend the NBA ...
Reason

The 5 Worst Things About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

This past week the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) stopped operations and halted funding to the agency. Born out of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer ...