A federal judge on Tuesday paused a lawsuit against the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that had sought to strike ...

By Rick VanderKnyff, NerdWallet “CFPB RIP” was Elon Musk’s tweet on Feb. 7, when the billionaire was slashing his way through federal agencies at the behest of his then-ally, President Donald Trump.

The three national credit reporting agencies — Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion — announced last year that they would remove medical collections under $500 from U.S. consumer credit reports. The CFPB ...

A federal judge blocked a rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have stopped medical bills from ...

A federal judge on July 11 vacated a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports, saying the measure exceeded the CFPB's statutory ...

A federal judge has halted a CFPB rule aimed at removing unpaid medical debt from credit reports, impacting 15 million Americans. The decision underscores the ongoing debate over the role of medical ...

CFPB research has indicated that medical debt on credit reports is “a poor predictor” of whether a person will repay a loan, ...

Finance companies can continue to make lending decisions based on information about medical bills contained in consumer credit reports, a judge rules.

A Biden-era measure to protect Americans from financial hardship by removing medical debt from credit reports has been axed by a federal judge in Texas.

A Texas federal judge has voided a Biden Administration CFPB rule that would have prohibited medical debt in credit reports. “The Bureau has no such power to define what in a consumer report is ...

A Texas federal judge reversed a Biden rule to remove $50M in medical debt from credit reports, affecting 15M Americans.

It’s a victory for the credit reporting industry and a loss for advocates of reducing medical debt. The Trump administration ...