Maybe, but they can't do anything that you couldn't do yourself for free.   — -- The answer is maybe -- but they can't do anything that you couldn't do yourself, for free. Anything on your ...

I once had such bad credit that a furniture store wouldn't let me buy a $500 couch. I slowly rebuilt my credit by making payments on time and not overusing my credit card. Now, my score is 780. That ...

Our editorial team was among the first to thoroughly research, evaluate and pick the best credit repair companies in the market. Since 2016, we’ve spent thousands of hours investigating the industry ...

You might assume that the best way to fix your low credit score is to hire a credit repair company -- but you'd be wrong. These companies will charge you a fee to make the same moves you can make ...

Lexington Law’s credit repair consultants will work on your behalf to dispute mistakes on your report. Start repairing your credit today! Credit repair companies charge a subscription that can range ...

If you’re one of the credit bureaus, or the people who sell their reports, you’ll swear that it’s a complete sham. If you’re a lender, you either love it or hate it, depending on your past experiences ...

Customers charged illegal fees by two of the largest credit repair firms will soon see a refund check, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Thursday. The CFPB says it will distribute ...

If you were affected by illegal upfront fees or allegedly deceptive advertising by credit repair companies CreditRepair.com and Lexington Law, you should receive a refund check between Dec. 5 and Jan.

On September 30, a credit repair service provider and its owner were ordered to pay $31 million in consumer redress, and a $19 million civil money penalty, when a Massachusetts federal court granted ...

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