Experts said credit scores are generally higher nowadays, but outstanding portfolios aren’t necessarily reflecting a financial health often seen with contracts connected to higher points on the credit ...

A coffee shop displays signs for Visa, MasterCard and Discover, in Washington, May 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Jonathan Stempel and Lisa Lambert (Reuters) - A U.S. regulator on Tuesday ordered ...

All credit scores are not created equal. That’s the upshot of federal enforcement actions levied Tuesday against credit bureaus Equifax and TransUnion. The bureaus will pay penalties of $23.1 million ...

The federal government has fined TransUnion a total of $23 million — including some $14 million to be paid to consumers — over illegal rental background checks and security locks and freezes on ...

The company found a year-over-year increase. Not only has employment continued to bolster the apartment market but wages, especially in growth sectors such as technology and professional services, ...

In an effort to strengthen finance companies’ underwriting of potential customers with soft credit histories, TransUnion and FICO on Wednesday rolled out the availability of FICO Auto Score 9 XT based ...

The Chicago credit bureau TransUnion LLC has introduced two scores designed to help debt collectors target consumers who are most likely to make payments. The Recovery Propensity Score and Recovery ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Regulators are finally cracking down a bit on the credit score industry that often confuses consumers more than it helps them. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today said ...

TransUnion TRU Canada yesterday announced the addition of a new FICO Score service in the country. Known as FICO Score 10, the service has been designed to perform better than the other FICO scores in ...

How many credit scores do you have? It's a simple question, but not so easy to answer. If you think you have just one, it's time to take the red pill and follow me into Wonderland. I set out to ...

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