A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means consumers’ hospital and doctor bills can no longer weigh down their ...

Massive cuts by the Trump administration have seriously diminished the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) oversight of credit bureaus, according to a new ProPublica report. Launched in the ...

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On July 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rule prohibiting the inclusion of medical debt on consumer credit ...

The major credit reporting companies that help determine your ability to obtain a loan, buy a house, or get a job are urging the Trump administration to hide consumer complaints about their potential ...

・A Texas federal judge has blocked the CFPB's January 2025 rule that banned the inclusion of medical debt in credit reports. ・The ruling reverses protections for up to 15 million Americans and allows ...

The Trump administration has issued an interpretive rule that undermines state laws forbidding the inclusion of medical debt on consumers’ credit reports. The guideline published in the Federal ...

The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact of unpaid medical bills on consumers’ credit history. By Stacy Cowley In ...

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BNPL loans aren't figured into your credit score. Yet. Sakshi Udavant covers small business finance, entrepreneurship, and startup topics for Investopedia. For over a decade, she has been a freelance ...