Lawmakers grilled the heads of Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, calling the credit reporting a “broken” system — and new legislation introduced this week has some...
Traditional credit-scoring models have not had it easy in the court of public opinion over the last few years. The complaints vary in their specifics, but...
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest international plans from Amazon and...
Consumers with thin credit files got something of an early Christmas present this week, care of Experian. The credit rating agency announced the launch of Experian Boost,...
C88 Financial Technologies (C88) announced that it has received an over-subscribed $28 million in a Series C investment from Experian. Other investors in the round...
With Europe’s new data protection law coming into effect this week, activists are aiming to turn the tables on big companies that have long harvested data on...
Equifax Security chairman and chief executive officer Richard Smith recently penned an Oped in USA Today in which he vowed to provide protections to everyone...
Credit, and the consumer’s relationship with it, has changed rather dramatically over time. But those changes can only be seen if one takes a big...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Thursday (March 23) that it took action against credit scoring company Experian and its subsidiaries for allegedly deceiving...