The August 2025 credit card data analysis from global analytics software leader FICO shows that the average active balance continues to trend up, accelerating to its highest level yet, while the ...

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Massive cuts by the Trump administration have seriously diminished the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) oversight of credit bureaus, according to a new ProPublica report. Launched in the ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. The UK consumer credit data market, valued at around £800 million1, has ...

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The cost for mortgage lenders to pull credit reports from all three major credit bureaus has risen sharply, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Costs in 2026 could increase an average 40% ...