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If you do a quick online search, you'll find no shortage of companies offering access to your credit reports and scores, sometimes for free. One of the newest free credit monitoring services is Core ...

If you have a mistake on your Equifax credit report, you need to take action. Find out here how to dispute inaccurate information. Image Credit: Getty Images According to a report by the Federal Trade ...

Follow these steps to help safeguard your score in the wake of the Equifax error: If you applied for a car or home loan or a credit card between March 17 and April 6 and your application was denied or ...

Credit giant Equifax sent lenders incorrect credit scores for millions of consumers this spring, in a technology snafu with major real-world impact. In certain cases the errors were significant enough ...

Equifax can't secure its sites and data or respond effectively to a data breach impacting 143 million people. Unfortunately its industry rivals and peers aren't much better. If you were looking to put ...

Despite a data breach that put as many as 143 million Americans at risk of identity theft, the chances of the credit-reporting agency Equifax — or the broader industry — being forced out of business ...

In the past week, Equifax announced it secured 27 additional patents in the second half of 2025, bringing its yearly total to 62 and expanding a portfolio of nearly 700 issued or pending patents ...