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TODAY'S SAVING TIP  Under the FCRA, both the CRA and the organization that provided the information to the CRA, such as a bank or credit card company, have responsibilities for correcting inaccurate or incomplete information in your report. To protect all your rights ... Read more
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Your credit application

When creditors evaluate a credit application, they cannot lawfully engage in discriminatory practices. The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) prohibits credit discrimination on the basis of sex, ...Read more

Prohibited information

Credit applications cannot ask you about your sex, race, color, religious affiliation, or national origin unless you are applying for residential real estate. Even then, you are not required to ...Read more

Are borrowers with less than prime credit denied credit?

Not always. Many companies will extend credit to people with poor credit—so-called “subprime” customers—but they will charge them a higher interest rate than people with good credit would pay. ...Read more

Equal credit opportunity act

The Equal Credit Opportunity Act requires that individual creditors apply credit standards in a fair manner, so that all consumers are given an equal chance to obtain credit. It does not require all ...Read more

What are your credit rights?

The Fair Credit Reporting Act is a federal law that regulates credit reporting bureaus and prohibits inaccurate or obsolete information from being reported in credit files. You have a right to get ...Read more

Credit for couples

Spouses have the right to have their credit histories listed separately, including the accounts they use jointly. Married women have the option of using their birth name or married name. In the case ...Read more

How do i know if an insurance company is using my credit information?

Initial disclosure. If an insurer uses credit information in underwriting or rating, Illinois law requires the insurer or its agent to tell you at the time they take your application, that the ...Read more

Is it legal for an insurance company to use my credit information without my permission?

Yes. A federal law, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), states that insurance companies have a "permissible purpose" to look at your credit information without your permission.

You may choose to exclude your name from CRA lists for unsolicited credit and insurance offers

Creditors and insurers may use file information as the basis for sending you unsolicited offers of credit or insurance. Such offers must include a toll-free phone number for you to call if you want ...Read more

Will having no credit history affect my insurance purchase?

Possibly. Sometimes an insurer will find "no hits," "no score," or a "thin file," which means they cannot find a meaningful credit history for you. This lack of credit information could occur if ...Read more
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