Monitoring your credit history regularly reduces the likelihood that reporting errors (best case) or identity theft (worst case) will derail your financial health—and you can now do this at no cost ...

If you’re someone who manages the family’s finances, worries about identity theft and values maintaining a good credit score, The Watchdog has the latest updates for you. Specifically, let’s dive into ...

Americans will permanently have access to free weekly online credit reports from the three major credit reporting agencies, the companies announced Monday. Before the pandemic, you were only entitled ...

It's possible to regularly check on the state of your credit at no cost to you Reviewed by Ebony Howard Having good credit ...

Federal law allows individuals to get a free copy of their credit report once every 12 months from the three major credit reporting bureaus. Access to these annual free reports allows individuals to ...

Your credit report is getting a reader-friendly makeover. Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus, unveiled on Thursday a new design for its physical credit report, which now prominently ...

The nation’s three largest credit bureaus—Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion—said this week that they would make permanent consumers’ access to free, weekly credit reports via AnnualCreditReport.com, ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Consumerinfo.com $950,000 and ordered it to repay potentially millions of customers because of what the FTC called a deceptive marketing campaign ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission fined Consumerinfo.com Inc. $950,000 and ordered it to repay potentially millions of customers because of what the FTC called a deceptive marketing campaign ...

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New Equifax credit report design highlights your score and explains key factors affecting it. Money; Getty Images Your credit report is getting a reader-friendly makeover. Equifax, one of the three ...