How Long Do Negative Items Stay on Your Credit Report?
How Long Do Negative Items Stay on Your Credit Report?
Improving your FICO score
Payment History Tips Pay your bills on time. Delinquent payments and collections can have a major negative impact on your FICO® score. If you have missed payments, get current and stay current. The longer you pay your bills on time, the better your credit score.
Top Errors Banks and Credit Reporting Agencies are failing to Correct after a Dispute
The Consumer paid the account balance in Full but the credit report still shows the consumer owes the creditor: The account was paid in full and should be reporting a zero balance.
TransUnion, Equifax and Experian Agree to Overhaul Credit Reporting Practices
The nation’s giant credit reporting agencies — which keep records on more than 200 million individuals and influence their ability to obtain credit — have agreed to overhaul their approach to fixing errors and their treatment of medical debts on consumers’ reports.
Know Your Rights- How Debt Collectors Could Be Breaking the Law
A strong federal law, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, protects consumers against certain unfair collection practices. It applies only to outside or third-party debt collectors (not creditors collecting their own debts) and only for personal (not business) debts. State laws may provide additional protection.
Fixing Credit Report Errors
Fixing credit report errors requires knowing who to contact to resolve a variety of errors that may be found as you examine your report.
Fixed Expenses Vs. Variable Expenses
I get asked every week from a client, How can we separate our expenses and learn how to create a budget. My answer is usually the best way to attack a problem is to start with the problem. Ourselves? Our budget is not the problem, the money we make is
Customer Assistance Directory
Fair Isaac Credit Score Hotline E-mail CBHelp@fairisaac.com (800) 777-2066
Customer Credit File Rights under State and Federal Law
You have a right to dispute inaccurate information in your credit report by contacting the credit bureau directly. However, neither you nor a credit repair company or credit repair organization has the right to have accurate,
Consumer State Protections
Each of the 50 states have additional laws to protect consumers regarding credit repair. We invite you to find your state and review the additional regulations; research and take advantage of these protections.