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

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

Trade groups file lawsuit against CFPB over new rule banning medical debt from credit reports, arguing it exceeds statutory authority.

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

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule that would remove medical bills from credit reports and prevent ...

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

Outstanding credit card and other revolving debt decreased $13.7 billion, the most since early in the pandemic, after surging ...

Removing medical debts from consumer credit reports is expected to increase the credit scores of millions of families by an average of 20 points.

The CFPB's ruling will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans ...

Getting sick can easily lead to doctor bills piling up. Now, many will not have to worry about unpaid medical debt damaging ...

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

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a significant move, the Biden administration has announced new rules that will prevent unpaid medical ...