Equifax

Use of alternative data in traditional credit scoring would help consumers access the banking system and lower their cost of credit.

Banks and retailers are sparring over whether financial firms should follow a new national standard to quickly notify consumers when they've experienced a data breach.

Breach investigations can be very lengthy and it is not uncommon to disclose additional findings over time, writes Mounir Hahad, head of threat research at Juniper Networks.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is among several agencies that "continue to investigate events related to" last year's Equifax brief, the credit reporting firm said in a securities filing.

The bank overcharged some customers and some received inappropriate investment advice; 2.4 million more people were affected by the breach.

Equifax, the credit bureau breached by hackers last year, said the card-payments industry may cut off its access to certain data or impose fines if the company can't prove it's addressed weaknesses.

Equifax, the credit-reporting firm that suffered a massive data breach last year, said it will notify an additional 2.4 million U.S. consumers that they were affected by the hack.

A bipartisan bill to establish a federal security framework follows a string of efforts beset by congressional turf battles.

Bank makes errors in refund program; credit bureau now says tax IDs, email addresses and driver’s license were compromised in last year’s hack.

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