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The time regulators take to decide on prospective deals has dropped sharply; a report says the cyberthieves were looking for info to help recruit spies.

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee are asking for stakeholders to weigh in on data collection issues as lawmakers consider legislative responses to recent breaches.

As another possible shutdown looms, concerns about furloughed workers’ credit histories have shifted the reform discussion away from data security.

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s first trip to Iowa as a likely presidential candidate highlighted her fiery anti-Wall Street populism.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has proposed barring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from using credit scores developed by VantageScore over concern about conflicts of interest with the joint venture of Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee concluded that last year’s massive data breach at Equifax was fully preventable, but stopped short of recommending new laws aimed at averting future hacks. Democrats called the final report a “missed opportunity.”

Familiar recriminations and calls for legislation from lawmakers followed the massive hack of the Starwood hotel chain, but will Capitol Hill actually do anything?

Bullish update by the accomplished Citi CFO boosts shares; credit bureau may have been distracted by prior incident.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Elijah Cummings have called for an update on probes into the credit reporting giant a year after its massive data breach came to light.

After news of the breach, congressional hearings for the company’s ex-CEO and other blowback were accompanied by legislative calls to action. But a year later, have policymakers done anything?

Allowing alternative data such as rent and utility payments has bipartisan support, but some say it could create more problems than it solves.

Senators at a hearing Thursday discussed a bill establishing an online portal for consumers to monitor their credit reports free of cost.

Fallout from the Equifax breach is coming into clearer focus as more companies begin pinpointing its effects over the last several months.

Under a consent order with Texas and seven other states, the Atlanta-based credit reporting firm agreed to shore up its information security efforts, but it will not have to pay any financial penalties.

Largest banks would be limited on how much risk they could have with each other; the credit bureau has hired the former head of the computer giant's Watson unit.

Institutions that have been opening consumer accounts without consent need to prepare for the fallout, even if the OCC has said it won't name names.

Institutions that have been opening consumer accounts without consent need to prepare for the fallout, even if the OCC has said it won't name names.

It’s not just weaker underwriting and higher household debt levels that are driving past-due rates to their highest levels in seven years.

The Senate bill is a huge win for the financial services industry, but there are still plenty of unresolved legislative issues of interest to banks and credit unions.

The Senate bill is a huge win for the banking industry, but there are still plenty of unresolved legislative issues of interest to financial institutions.