On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Experian and its subsidiaries for what regulators said was “deceiving” consumers about the use of credit scores it sold ...

For many consumers, 2024 was a mixed bag of pluses and minuses when it came to credit. Many borrowers with lower fixed-rate mortgages considered themselves lucky and resisted the urge to move or sell.

Alex Lintner, head of tech for the global credit reporting company, on AI, privacy, and what data brokerages really do. is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The ...

The average credit score was 715 in 2024, according to Experian data. That average, as of the third quarter of 2024, is unchanged from the same quarter in 2023. For 11 straight years, the average ...