A perk offered to consumers during the pandemic has been extended indefinitely. Your free annual credit reports are available every week at no cost. Read on for why you should take advantage. Also, ...

A pandemic-era program allowing consumers to access free weekly credit reports is now permanent thanks to a decision by the three major credit reporting agencies to boost the credit health of US ...

An incorrect address on your credit report is one at which you've never lived and it can be a signal of identity theft.

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In a significant move toward enhancing consumer financial health, AnnualCreditReport.com, the centralized platform for free credit reports, has expanded its services to allow individuals to access ...

The nation’s three largest credit bureaus—Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion—said this week that they would make permanent consumers’ access to free, weekly credit reports via AnnualCreditReport.com, ...

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Credit reports detail your financial history and impact loan terms like interest rates. You can improve your credit by paying on time and managing credit account balances. Regularly review your free ...

If you looked at your credit report and found incorrect information, you're not alone. Consumer Reports and WorkMoney did a report, where they found almost half of ...

If deleting and reporting scam texts and phone calls has become part of your daily routine, there's another simple way to protect yourself from fraud -- and it may be more effective. Placing a fraud ...

After the shock of losing her job, Lisa Hill-Green of Richmond, Va., struggled to pay her bills. In an effort to bring down her costs, she went to her mortgage lender for a loan modification. But then ...

Fraud alerts and credit freezes help protect you from identity theft, either by alerting creditors to take extra steps to verify your identity or by hiding your credit report from potential creditors.