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Can I Sue a Company for Sending Me to Collections?

Credit Corp

A few of the laws that might come into play are as follows: The Fair Credit Report Act ensures your right to an accurate consumer credit profile. It obligates companies to report truthful information on your credit report. The Truth in Lending Act is part of the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

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Why Do You Get Debt Consolidation Loan Mailers

Debt Collection Answers

A Pre-Screen Firm Offer of Credit, often referred to as pre-approved credit, is a marketing strategy employed by creditors to identify potential customers for their financial products. This process involves a preliminary screening of consumer credit reports to determine if individuals meet specific criteria set by the lender.

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Understanding Why You Have So Many Different Credit Scores

Titan Consulting

All three for-profit credit reporting agencies, Experian, Equifax and Transunion compile and report consumer credit and debt payment activity and sell this consumer information to lenders seeking to grant credit. To compare your credit reports, visit annualcreditreport.com for a free copy every 12 months.

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How Renting Can Impact Your Credit

Credit Corp

Renting a home, apartment or town house can affect your credit in a number of ways. It’s increasingly common for credit reporting agencies to include positive rental history in consumer credit reports. Having good credit can help you rent an apartment, and paying rent on time can help you build good credit.

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4 Ways To Remove Collections From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires credit reporting agencies to show only accurate information about your credit history. If you can find inaccurate information, the credit bureau will have to fix the information. Have a Professional Remove Collections From Your Credit Report.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Among other things, the bill: (1) caps the rate of interest on medical debt to 3% per annum; (2) requires a debt collector or collection agency collecting on a medical debt to provide the consumer, upon the consumer’s written or oral request, an itemized statement concerning the debt, while allowing the consumer to dispute the validity of the debt (..)

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Experian Credit Score vs. FICO Score

Credit Corp

One of the primary goals of VantageScore is to provide a model that is used the same way by all three credit bureaus. That would limit some of the disparity between your three major credit scores. So, what are the differences between an Experian credit score calculated using VantageScore and one calculated via the FICO model?