An incorrect address on your credit report is one at which you've never lived and it can be a signal of identity theft.

Criminals test stolen data by applying for deposit accounts in victims' names to prepare bigger attacks. Learn why banks won't share fraud details.

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Identity theft can strike anyone at any time, which is why experts say checking your credit report regularly is essential.

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The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ ...

A federal rule restricting the debt’s inclusion has been canceled. Now, the consumer bureau is trying to overturn state restrictions. By Ann Carrns A court ruling this summer canceled a Biden-era ...

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 ...

The Trump administration has issued new guidance that could undermine ongoing state efforts to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to overrule any state laws that may protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt and other debt issues. Supreme Court weighs Republican appeal ...