The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Equifax $15 million for credit reporting errors. The CFPB alleged the credit bureau failed to properly investigate consumer disputes. Credit reports have a significant impact on consumer finances,

Equifax agreed to resolve allegations that it failed to conduct proper investigations of consumer disputes, ignored evidence and allowed previously deleted inaccuracies to be reinstated on credit reports.

CFPB takes action against credit bureau for botched investigations and recurring errors. Here's what it means for your credit score.

One of the nation’s largest credit reporting agencies has been fined $15 million for issuing inaccurate credit scores and failing to properly investigate consumer disputes, officials said. Equifax will pay the fine into the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's victims relief fund,

Equifax must pay $725,000 as part of a settlement with the state after a coding error in 2022 led to the inaccurate lowering of some New Yorkers' credit scores.

Credit reporting giant Equifax Inc. will pay $15 million to resolve claims that it failed to properly investigate consumer disputes of items on their credit reports, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) has been fined $15M by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for conducting inadequate investigations of disputes by the consumer reporting agency’s customers, the regulator said Friday.