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Credit Bureau CEOs Commit to Removing Medical Debt from Reports if Ordered by CFPB

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The chief executives of the three major credit reporting agencies yesterday testified before the Senate Banking Committee that they would exclude all medical debts from consumers’ credit reports if they were ordered to do so by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but only if they were ordered to do so.

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Saudi Credit Bureau Delivers Access To Loans For Millions with Score

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Saudi Credit Bureau Delivers Access To Loans For Millions with Score. The judges were impressed with the successful development and roll out of credit scoring in Saudi,” said Dinesh Suresh, head, digital builds for consumer secured lending at OCBC Bank and one of the FICO Decisions Awards judges. Saxon Shirley.

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Bank Ecosystems: The Role of Data Ingestion

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In my previous blog post, I talked about how open banking can be leveraged to build a financial ecosystem and what capabilities are required to get the maximum value from it. Data needs to be fed, shared, enriched, stored and used in the banking ecosystem for several different decisions.

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Government is Making Debt Recovery a lot Harder

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This means all collection agencies must secure consumer data nearly the same way as banks. Not just the government, but even credit bureaus are creating roadblocks for hospitals, doctors and dentists, who rely on collection agencies and credit bureau reporting for medical debt recovery.

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How Credit Unions and Regional Banks Can Execute Strong Customer Acquisition Campaigns

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For credit unions and smaller banks in North America, the challenge of how to compete with their bigger counterparts is a constant and pressing matter. Today’s prescreening solutions are very manual in nature, typically involving a list processing agreement with a credit bureau.

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How to Write a Credit Dispute Letter

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If you’ve got an error of your credit report, it’s up to you to find it, dispute it, and fix the error. Formally disputing an error involves writing a formal dispute letter to the creditor as well as the appropriate credit bureau reporting the inaccuracy. Tell the credit bureau what action you want them to take.

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Making Medical Credit Reporting Harder is a Disaster in the Making

Nexa Collect

Shouldn’t all unpaid debts ( medical or otherwise), be reported to credit reports in the same way? Forcefully suppressing unpaid medical debts from credit bureau reporting will certainly result in many unintended consequences. Wouldn’t this increase the risk of the bank/credit union with whom he takes that mortgage?