Credit reporting

Spring Labs is spearheading a group of prominent fintech lenders to use a blockchain-based, peer-to-peer network to share consumer information to help with ID verification on loan applications.

The company owning brands such as Kay Jewelers and Jared the Galleria of Jewelry will pay $11 million under a settlement with the consumer bureau and New York's attorney general.

The industry has largely avoided added federal oversight after the Equifax hack; the product has created a “financial albatross” as consumers game the system.

The banking subsidiary of the Bloomington, Ill., insurer must stop providing inaccurate information to the credit bureaus under a consent order.

A credit-builder loan at Virginia-based The Partnership Federal Credit Union wasn't meeting the needs of as many members as it could. Here's how the CU fixed that problem.

Self Lender is launching a secured credit card next year in the hopes of attracting big-bank partners that can use it to comply with the Community Reinvestment Act.

Upturn, which is owned by a BBVA unit, is offering a free online tool consumers can use to detect and dispute inaccuracies in their credit report.

Cash Express LLC allegedly sent customers threats of legal action even though the time for taking legal action had expired.

A detailed breakdown released by the agency shows residents in California, Florida and Texas having submitted the most complaints about a financial institution, but D.C. had the most per-capita complaints.

A new credit score that includes consumers' cash flow alongside their credit score is winning praise for its potential to help expand access to credit, but some worry it gives the credit bureaus even more data that could be compromised.