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And her credit score from credit-reporting company TransUnion has gone from an average 697 to an excellent 758.

Protect Credit Score Emily Glazer 2011

The sad truth is many consumers still don't understand how their credit scores work, according to a survey conducted by the Consumer Federation of America, a nonprofit association, in partnership with VantageScore Solutions, a credit-scoring company that uses scores from all three major credit-reporting companies -- Experian, Equifax and TransUnion -- in its calculations.

How Does Your Credit Score Actually Work? Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo 2011

But they're not disputing the information on the credit report, they're asking, 'Who owns my mortgage?' said credit-reporting expert Evan Hendricks, editor of the newsletter Privacy Times.

Honey, I Shrunk The Credit Score Zach Carter 2011

Depending on the information in your credit report, you could get a FICO score from each of the three major credit-reporting companies: Experian, TransUnion and Equifax .

Protect Credit Score Emily Glazer 2011

"Bank of America responds wrongly to this by interpreting it as something that has to do with credit reporting, and something to do with the way they're reporting a consumer's information to credit-reporting agencies."

Honey, I Shrunk The Credit Score Zach Carter 2011

"They're treating these letters as credit-reporting disputes, but the request is not actually a dispute," said National Consumer Law Center Attorney Chi Chi Wu.

Honey, I Shrunk The Credit Score Zach Carter 2011

Presumably these remote-kill devices are no better or worse secured than, say, the tax-records of every British parent (repeatedly lost by the tax authority), or the computer systems of giant credit-reporting bureaus, or the networks of the 100+ embassies and foreign service offices penetrated by the GhostNet espionage ring.

Boing Boing 2009

According to the lawsuit, the bank notified credit-reporting agencies last year that Pierre had died.

Lawsuit: Chase Bank declared U.S. woman dead 2011

Between February 2009 and August 2010, 64,500 borrowers who had defaulted on a mortgage received a consumer loan, according to a study released recently by credit-reporting company TransUnion.

Mortgage Defaulters See More Access to Loans Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo 2011

Servicers report borrowers' payment history to the so-called "Big Three" credit-reporting bureaus -- Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax -- who plug that data into algorithms for determining credit-worthiness.

Honey, I Shrunk The Credit Score Zach Carter 2011