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Equifax will pay a $15 million penalty for failing to properly investigate credit report disputes.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Equifax $15 million for credit reporting errors. The CFPB alleged the credit ...

Equifax must pay $725,000 as part of a settlement with the state after a coding error in 2022 led to the inaccurate lowering ...

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Friday it had fined credit reporting bureau Equifax $15 million ...

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For the “failure to conduct proper investigations of consumer disputes,” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) last ...

CFPB takes action against credit bureau for botched investigations and recurring errors. Here's what it means for your credit ...

Equifax failed in its basic duty to investigate and resolve consumer disputes about inaccurate information on their credit ...

Equifax agreed to resolve allegations that it failed to conduct proper investigations of consumer disputes, ignored evidence ...

Key Points ・The CFPB ordered Equifax to pay $15 million for mishandling consumer disputes and re-inserting previously deleted ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has imposed a $15 million fine on Equifax, a consumer reporting agency, for failing ...