The CFPB—tasked to protect consumers from unfair banking practices—was created by Democrats in the wake of the 2008 financial ...

I appreciated reading about the Texas Farm Bureau state legislative priorities in the Jan. 4 Waco Trib [“Looking out for agriculture’s interests,” Russell Boening]. I was surprised to read ...

The company partly controls the major Mexican credit bureau, Buro de Credito. The bureau's commercial credit business will however be excluded from the deal, TransUnion said. That arm of the Buro ...

Credit bureaus collect and maintain records on your credit accounts, balances and the payments you make. The three major credit bureaus are Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Each credit bureau ...

The US Department of Labor’s wage division has released two opinion letters clarifying the use of the tip credit in fast-casual restaurants and how state or local paid leave laws interact with the ...

In fact, writing great sales letters is more of a science than an art. Even the pros use proven "templates" to create sales letters that get results. The following is a 12-step template for writing ...

Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before ...

A letter of credit guarantees payment to sellers in international trade. Not all letters of credit are transferable; terms vary. Letters of credit differ from lines of credit, mainly not involving ...

Your letter should also include copies of important documents to help the bureaus conduct an investigation. See a sample credit dispute letter below. Disputing your credit report when you find a ...

Sometimes, when you apply for a visa to visit Canada, we ask you to give us a letter of invitation from someone in Canada. A letter of invitation doesn’t guarantee that we’ll issue a visa. Visa ...

Thank you for your patience. Welcome to the website of the Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection, an agency within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. The Bureau oversees many ...

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