How information is supplied to the three credit reporting agencies is governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). However, the law does not say that lenders are required to report any information to them. Major banks generally do report information to all the credit bureaus. Credit unions and small local or regional banks may only report to one or two, but generally not all three. There are also some lenders and others who do not report to any credit bureau.

In the first Federal Trade Commission (FTC) action against a debt collector who used text messaging in their efforts to collect debts in an unlawful manner, the California based collector will pay $1 million to settle the charges that they violated federal law.

Attorneys have known since 1995 when Heintz v. Jenkins was issued by the United States Supreme Court that attorneys who seek to collect on consumer debts for clients, even when it is through litigation, they may be considered a “debt collector” under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)

Credit reports can impact aspects of a person’s life, either positively or negatively. The information can impact whether you can get a loan, how much you will need to pay in order to borrow money, and help protect you from identity theft. Errors on your credit reports that can have a negatively impact occur when a person has applied for credit under different names, a clerical errors was made in reading or entering names or address information from a hand written application, an inaccurate Social Securit