Set to take effect in March 2025 — before it was stalled in court — this rule was expected to erase an estimated $49 billion ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized a rule to prohibit credit bureaus from showing medical debt on your credit report. Here’s what this means for you.

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Consumer Reports: Fighting back against medical debt If you're contacted by a debt collector for a medical bill you believe to be wrong, never pay it right away.

According to a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, medical debt was a key source of consumer complaints about debt collection and credit reporting.

Consumer debt jumped more than $1 trillion from the beginning to the end of 2021, according to a report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

News Oklahoma listens to viewers wanting to know ways to dig out from a pile of bills. Cathy Tatom shares strategies from a ...

Three of the country’s largest credit reporting agencies are removing nearly 70% of medical debt from consumer credit reports, the companies announced in a joint statement Friday.

There's a deepening divide among consumers, even as the rate of missed credit payments dipped, a new Equifax Canada report shows.

Finalized on January 7, a new rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) prohibits credit reporting agencies from including medical debt information in the credit reports and scores ...