A pandemic-era program allowing consumers to access free weekly credit reports is now permanent thanks to a decision by the three major credit reporting agencies to boost the credit health of US ...

Federal law guarantees you the right to free annual credit reports—but the credit bureaus now provide free weekly reports.

The policy to remove health-care bills from credit reporting must remain to protect patients from predatory billing practices ...

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has shaken up the credit game with its low-or-no-interest payment plans for large purchases. In ...

Your credit score indicates how likely it is you're going to pay off debt, a key metric of your financial worthiness.

Revolving debt, which mostly includes credit card balances, jumped 8.2% in January, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest ...

Here’s what to watch out for and what you can do now to protect your credit. "Medical bills on credit reports too often are inaccurate and have little to no predictive value when it comes to ...

Rental debt is now one of the top consumer complaints ... Consumer advocates warn that landlords are using credit reports as a weapon, bypassing the legal system and leaving tenants with little ...

To force compliance with the law, SB 5480, sponsored by Sen. Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane, would also nullify medical debts if ...

Affirm says it reports some longer-term loans ... into credit scores in the future “as new credit scoring models are developed.” For now, while BNPL services provide a convenient way to ...