The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced a proposed new rule that all data brokers be regulated under the 1970 Fair ...

The Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) today expressed concerns over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) ...

The CFPB’s proposed rule to regulate data brokers as consumer reporting agencies under the FCRA could reshape how third-party ...

The CFPB’s new rule, explained in an agency blog post, underscores that data brokers are “consumer reporting agencies” under ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed a new rule to stop Social Security numbers and other sensitive ...

Two US government agencies today have taken action to limit the nonconsensual collection, use and sharing of consumers’ ...

New rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and settlements from the Federal Trade Commission would limit what ...

a consumer credit reporting agency (CRA), in a case brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The ruling was affirmed because the defendant’s consumer report and file of plaintiff’s credit ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau couched proposed restrictions on data brokers in bipartisan terms—as a way to ...

Your credit score is a primary factor in determining the interest rate for your loan. There are plenty of lenders offering personal loans for fair credit. Even though you may qualify for a loan ...

Your credit score is a key factor in getting a ... Ryan Wangman was a reporter at Personal Finance Insider reporting on personal loans, student loans, student loan refinancing, debt consolidation ...