You can request a copy of your report directly from Experian. You also should consider reviewing your reports from the other national credit reporting companies. Your personal credit report is an easy-to-read record of your credit accounts and total...

In 2007 it acquired a 70% stake in Serasa, Brazil's leading credit bureau, and can exercise an option in June to buy the remaining 30%. The unclaimed stake is worth about $1 billion, which Experian can afford, and the market potential suggests it would...

But the Daily Show and the Colbert Report also have strong followings in the politically crucial, swing-voting Monied Burbs. In fact, viewership numbers in those 286 counties mirror the numbers from those more liberal counties, according to data from...

It’s fairly common for consumers to understand that the three major credit bureaus — Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian — offer insight into how others view them. You can get a free credit report from each of these bureaus every year by going to...

TransUnion and its biggest competitors, including Equifax Inc. and Experian Plc, are coming under scrutiny as state and federal regulators focus on the practice of providing credit checks to employers. The company has been criticized by civil rights...

(REUTERS) - Credit reporting firm TransUnion Corp. has agreed to be bought by buyout firm Advent International and a Goldman Sachs unit in a deal valued at $3 billion. The deal is expected to close late first quarter or the second quarter of this year,...

Under its proposed rule, the CFPB would oversee the nation’s largest debt collectors, the primary credit reporting agencies such as Experian, Equifax and TransUnion, and other lesser-known consumer reporting agencies. It is the first attempt by the...

They included all debts in this calculation, from student loan to credit card to mortgage loans, and Generation X led the way. In a close second place were the Baby Boomers, who are the next oldest generation at ages 47 through 65. Experian found that...

The proposal would ensnare the industry’s 30 largest companies, including TransUnion and its two biggest competitors, Experian and Equifax. Credit agencies, which produce on-demand reports featuring a consumer’s credit score and a detailed snapshot of...

In comparison, Kayak, one of the company most publicly opposed to Google’s acquisition of ITA Software 12 months earlier, was in 17th position. Not much to worry about, then? Four months on, how is Google doing now (admittedly still without a...

February 2012 Last updated at 07:32 ET Diesel prices are expected to have a knock-on effect on food prices The price of diesel has hit a new high, at 143.05 pence a litre, figures have suggested. The Retail Motor Industry (RMI) says the figures, from...

Under its proposed rule, the CFPB would oversee the nation’s largest debt collectors, the primary credit reporting agencies such as Experian, Equifax and TransUnion, and other lesser-known consumer reporting agencies. It is the first attempt by the...

It compared the debt load on each of four generations, starting with the Greatest Generation and ending with Generation Y. One interesting takeaway from the infographic is that debt is highest in the Baby Boomer (Age 47-65) and Generation X (30-46)...

Bureau wants to place debt collectors and credit bureaus under federal supervision for the first time, after an explosion in complaints about their practices. The bureau announced a proposed rule Thursday that would make the largest debt collection...

For most consumers, those scores are based on records of loans they have taken out in the past and how well they have paid them off. This information is housed in the Big Three national credit bureaus -- Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. Lenders use...

While age isn’t one of the factors used in determining your credit score, many of the other factors that are included improve with time. The four generations included were: They didn’t include anyone younger than Gen Y, presumably because they won’t...

Norm Magnuson, the vice president of public affairs for the Consumer Data Industry Association, said he'd had no time to review the proposal and had no comment. Gerry Tschopp, a spokesman for Experian, said in an email that his firm had been working...

Norm Magnuson, the vice president of public affairs for the Consumer Data Industry Association, said he'd had no time to review the proposal and had no comment. Gerry Tschopp, a spokesman for Experian, said in an email that his firm had been working...

Continue Reading At a press conference Thursday, CFPB director Richard Cordray announced the rule he’s proposed would enable the agency to examine the records and supervise the practices of the nation’s three largest credit reporting agencies —...