Eighteen months since news of the colossal data breach at Equifax broke, the company responsible for one of the country’s largest, and likely the most damaging, losses of personal information has yet to face monetary penalties. At the same time, very little has been done in the way of reform. That could soon change. According to Equifax’s annual report (https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/us/equifax/SEC/sec-show.aspx?Type=html&FilingId=13243973&CIK=0000033185&a ..

NMP- April 26, 2018 Phil Hall (https://nationalmortgageprofessional.com/users/phil-hall) On Tuesday, Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), gave a speech before the membership of the American Bankers Association (ABA) that has been widely reported as reaffirming the venality and corruption of Washington. In reality, Mulvaney offered a tough but honest assessment of his agency’s congressionally ..

Equifax is promising consumers new control over access to their personal credit data — for free, and for life — as interim CEO Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. apologized to people affected by the company's recent data breach. He said the company had failed to live up to expectations. "On behalf of Equifax, I want to express my sincere and total apology," Barros wrote in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-behalf-of-equifax-im-sorry-1506547253 ..

Many consumers have heard of Equifax. However, there are a few little known facts that most consumers are not aware of about them. Equifax was established in 1898 by two brothers, Cator and Guy Woolford. Cator was first introduced to credit reporting when he worked for a grocer. He compiled a list of customers for the Retail Grocer’s Association with indications of their creditworthiness. It was not long before he started to sell the book with this information and ..