If you do a quick online search, you'll find no shortage of companies offering access to your credit reports and scores, sometimes for free. One of the newest free credit monitoring services is Core ...

If you have a mistake on your Equifax credit report, you need to take action. Find out here how to dispute inaccurate information. Image Credit: Getty Images According to a report by the Federal Trade ...

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Follow these steps to help safeguard your score in the wake of the Equifax error: If you applied for a car or home loan or a credit card between March 17 and April 6 and your application was denied or ...

Despite a data breach that put as many as 143 million Americans at risk of identity theft, the chances of the credit-reporting agency Equifax — or the broader industry — being forced out of business ...

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Equifax is made up of many credit reporting agencies. The most famous Equifax credit reporting agency that sells personal financial information is the one that recently suffered one of the most highly ...

Equifax can't secure its sites and data or respond effectively to a data breach impacting 143 million people. Unfortunately its industry rivals and peers aren't much better. If you were looking to put ...

Credit giant Equifax sent lenders incorrect credit scores for millions of consumers this spring, in a technology snafu with major real-world impact. In certain cases the errors were significant enough ...