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

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

Most of the medical debt didn't belong to the poorest patients, but rather insured people in the middle and lower-middle ...

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 ...

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

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

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to root out corporate wrongdoing after the 2008 crash. The Trump ...

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

The Biden administration issued a rule that would bar medical debt from being included on credit reports. Consumer advocates ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and will suspend most of its operations, according to a memo from its new acting ...

If you're behind on debt payments, your lender might send you to collections. And while the harassing phone calls and ...