By Kyle Brasseur2023-10-12T19:34:00
Credit reporting agency TransUnion agreed to pay $23 million total across settlements with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for alleged tenant screening and security freeze deficiencies.
As part of a settlement with both agencies, TransUnion will pay $11 million to consumers and a $4 million fine for failing to ensure the accuracy of tenant screening reports, the CFPB and FTC announced Thursday. The agreement is subject to court approval.
The company reached a separate settlement with the CFPB requiring it to repay consumers $3 million and pay a $5 million penalty for failing to timely process security freeze and lock requests.
2023-11-20T18:53:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. agreed to pay $60 million as part of a settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau addressing allegations of illegal lending and credit reporting misconduct.
2023-10-30T22:25:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Eric Halperin, enforcement director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said his office will be adding 75 new full-time employees as part of an expansion of its efforts to protect consumers from misuse of their personal data.
2023-10-19T18:59:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is moving forward its plan to give consumers more control over their personal financial data as part of a new rule proposal.
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Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and has returned $5 million in fee overcharges to customers as part of a resolution with Hong Kong’s financial services regulator.
2025-09-04T17:31:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The majority owner of a Pennsylvania investment firm faces 100 years of prison time and huge fines for allegedly running a $770 million Ponzi scheme centered on an ATM company he also owned.
2025-09-03T17:43:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed an enforcement action against Disney for allegedly collecting personal information about children, and then threw salt in the wound by calling the company out in an alert emailed to an untold number of businesses.
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