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Unregulated FICO has key role in each American's access to credit

By Amy Biegelsen

May 17, 2011

New consumer agency examines opaque credit scoring process

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"… gulated by any government agency and its credit rating formulas are secret.Credit scores boil down consumer payment histories on short and long-term deb …"

Credit bureaus, auto-title lenders, debt collectors among priorities of new consumer agency

By Amy Biegelsen

June 23, 2011

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gives a peek at its

Denied a loan? Lenders now must disclose your credit score and tell why

By Julie Vorman

July 6, 2011

Fed orders lenders to give consumers more credit score information

CFPB to analyze Experian, Equifax, TransUnion data to get to bottom of credit score discrepancies

By Amy Biegelsen

July 19, 2011

CFPB will analyze why a consumer credit score can vary widely

Next stop for fight over Wall Street reforms: Federal court

By Shirley Gao

July 29, 2011

The financial industry is preparing to move its fight against the Dodd-Frank law into the courts

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