The deadline is fast approaching to sign up to get a payment as part of a class action lawsuit that accused a major credit bureau of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act. TransUnion agreed to a $23 ...

Tuesday, June 24 is your last chance to sign up to be part of a class action lawsuit that accused a TransUnion of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The $23 million settlement resolves ...

A hard inquiry happens when a company checks your credit reports because you have applied for credit. You can dispute hard inquiries you didn’t authorize, but you cannot remove legitimate credit ...

SPONSORED CONTENT is content paid for by a partner. The McClatchy Commerce Content team, which is independent from our newsroom, oversees this content. Money Research Collective’s editorial team ...

Gabriela Walsh is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance® and a personal finance editor at Red Ventures. Her previous work experience includes various editorial positions at FinanceBuzz. She ...

Removing negative items from your credit report typically involves filing a dispute with one (or multiple) credit bureaus as well as potentially contacting the creditor or debt collector directly.

A credit reporting agency was slapped with $21,500 in costs and penalties from a B.C. regulator after it shared consumers' disputed credit information with third parties on numerous occasions.