A big credit reporting agency makes a mistake on your credit report, possibly lowering your score, but rarely corrects it, a federal agency contends. Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion routinely failed to fully respond to consumers with errors in their reports, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in a new report. In 2021, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion together corrected less than 2 percent of covered complaints, down from nearly 25 percent of covered complaints in 2019, according to the analysis by CFPB. A spokesman for the big three credit reviewing agencies told The Epoch Times that they are reviewing the complaints. These include a CFPB contention that these agencies are failing consumers because they aren’t facing enough competition. “America’s credit reporting oligopoly has little incentive to treat consumers fairly when their credit reports have errors,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a statement. “Today’s report is further evidence of …
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