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How to Check Your Credit Report for Identity theft

Credit Corp

Negative public records can substantially impact your creditworthiness. Tip: Liens and civil court judgments used to appear on credit reports, but credit bureaus no longer collect information about those types of public records. Credit report content sometimes varies according to the credit bureau.

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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 (..)