Equifax was heavily fined by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for not adequately investigating consumer credit report ...

Equifax added that the payments will be going to current members of the settlement class and no new claims can be filed after the Jan. 22, 2024 deadline. The data breach, announced in September of ...

Equifax failed in its basic duty to investigate and resolve consumer disputes about inaccurate information on their credit ...

Equifax breach compensation: How to claim Potentially, millions of people could receive some kind of payout as a result of this 2017 breach. So, how do you find out if you are eligible?

Credit reporting giant Equifax Inc. will pay $15 million to resolve claims that it failed to properly investigate consumer ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus. CFPB claims that Equifax has failed to properly investigate and resolve consumer disputes ...

The company also reported the same credit accounts multiple times for more than 50,000 consumers. The CFPB claims Equifax also provided confusing and conflicting letters to consumers about the results ...

An extended claims submission period is scheduled to last through January ... lived in states where consumer protection laws provided for additional damages against Equifax. Plaintiffs with these ...

As part of Equifax’s settlement with regulators ... and if you were among those who filed a claim for credit monitoring (the deadline was in January 2020), you should have received a letter ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has imposed a $15 million fine on Equifax, a consumer reporting agency, for failing to adequately investigate consumer disputes regarding credit reports.

The CFPB claims Experian accepted information from reporting businesses even when it was clearly unreliable. In 2023, Experian settled a class-action lawsuit for $22.5 million for similar issues.