Courts might stop the Trump administration from completely eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but many of ...

Growing up poor taught me a great deal about money -- mainly what not to do. I've seen firsthand how easy it is to fall into ...

Those most in need of medical debt relief were not the poorest patients. Rather, it was insured people in the middle and ...

No, a debt collector cannot legally make false statements about your debt. Still, some debt collectors will resort to these ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for a halt on most of the CFPB's work. It could impact rules on overdraft fees, ...

Having an erroneous collection account on your credit report isn't a life sentence, though. There are laws in place to ...

On Jan. 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a new rule banning medical debt from all credit reports.

If healthcare entities believe that people won't pay their medical bills at the margin, they'll likely raise prices.

The fate of a Biden-era rule that would keep medical debt from consumers’ credit reports is up in the air amid reported ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, agreed to temporarily halt enforcement ...

The change is expected to boost millions of people's credit scores and helping them qualify for home mortgages. It's unclear ...

A new study shared with the KSL Investigators by LendingTree finds more than half of people with medical debt skipped or ...