Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. Consumer protection laws help keep businesses honest by shielding consumers against companies that operate with unfair, ...

When the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) was passed in 1968, it aimed to protect consumers from these and other abusive practices. The law placed restrictions on banks, credit card issuers, debt ...

In the waning months of the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, released a flurry of new consumer protection rules, targeting everything from bank overdraft fees ...

Experian, one of the nation’s largest credit bureaus, was sued Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly improperly handling consumer disputes, which could lead to lower credit ...

Federal and state laws protect consumers from unfair practices by credit repair companies. State laws often enhance federal ...

The Trump administration has issued an interpretive rule that undermines state laws forbidding the inclusion of medical debt on consumers’ credit reports. The guideline published in the Federal ...

H.R. 1777 - to make technical corrections to the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes - provisions relating to the imposition of new duties on consumer reporting agencies to which ...

H.R. 1777 - to make technical corrections to the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes - provisions relating to the imposition of new duties on consumer reporting agencies to which ...