In a move that could have significant implications for consumers and the credit reporting industry, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken legal action against Experian, one of the ...

Experian's latest State of Credit report found that Americans of all ages are maintaining healthy credit profiles, despite the economic fallout brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic The credit bureau's ...

Experian faces issues with how accounts are ‘thawed,’ according to a report from KrebsOnSecurity. The cybersecurity blog reported that a reader had his freeze "thawed" without authorization on ...

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You can create a credit report from scratch, without getting a credit card or taking out loans. If you don’t have a credit history, it can be difficult if not impossible to qualify for a mortgage or ...

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If you don’t have a credit history, it can be difficult if not impossible to qualify for a mortgage or get another kind of loan. But a new program from Experian will let you build your own credit ...