Negative marks on your credit report can hurt your credit score and affect your ability to qualify for financial products, so it’s often stressful to discover them. But if an inaccurate item is ...

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A new artificial intelligence (AI) credit disputing tool has been used tens of thousands of times by consumers since it launched, according to the CEO and co-founder of personal finance platform ...

Disputing credit report errors can be complicated and frustratingly slow. But it also is a necessary task for Americans who want to avoid paying more on loans and credit cards for a mistake they did ...

Disputing credit report errors can be complicated and frustratingly slow. But it is also a necessary task for Americans who want to avoid paying more on loans and credit cards for a mistake they did ...

My Aug. 8 column focused on the federal law requirement that the nationwide consumer reporting companies (Experian, Equifax and TransUnion) provide consumers with a free copy of their credit reports ...

Attorney Andrea McNairy of Brown & Crouppen Law Firm explains that cleaning up your credit report is about fixing errors, not ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. The main goal of a 609 dispute letter is to challenge a credit reporting agency to provide proof that a delinquency exists. You ...

Discovering an error on your credit report can be alarming, especially when that mistake affects your ability to secure housing, employment, or financing. While you ...