Americans will no longer have to decide what’s more important: Their health or their credit score. Finalized on January 7, a ...

A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means consumers’ hospital and doctor bills can no longer weigh down their ...

New CFPB rule removes medical debt from credit reports, impacting 15 million Americans. The rule aims to improve credit ...

Debt collection trade group ACA International and Specialized Collections Systems, a Houston-based debt collector, filed a ...

The rules ban credit agencies from including medical debts on consumers’ credit reports and prohibit lenders from considering ...

The CFPB said the new rule will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million ...

Debt collectors sued in Texas federal court to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ban on medical debt in credit ...

A trade group representing consumer credit reporting companies and a Texas-based credit union association have filed a ...

Two trade groups filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claiming it exceeded its authority and ...

The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge ...

Unpaid medical debt is the largest source of debt in the United States, but it will no longer appear on credit reports, ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) finalized a rule aimed at removing an estimated $49 billion in ...