Posts Tagged ‘Consumer Credit’

The Benefits Of Checking Your Credit Report

Daniel Millions asked: Having a good credit rating has become incredibly important in the modern world. With a high credit score, you can apply for loans with better interest rates, premium credit cards, and low-interest mortgages. To check your credit history, you simply need to request a credit report from one of the three major [...]

Account Number Morphing – Still Another Barrier to Accurate Consumer Credit Reporting

Robert F. Brennan, Esq. asked: The Federal Credit Reporting Act ["FCRA"] makes it mandatory for Credit Reporting Agencies such as Experian, Equifax and Trans Union “to follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy of the information in the [consumer's credit] report….” A willful and negligent failure to do so is violation number 1 of [...]