Business / Accounting / Credit Laws: Fair Credit Reporting Act (as amended 1997) Federal law that covers the reporting of debt repayment information. It establishes when a credit reporting agency may provide a report to someone: states that obsolete information must be taken off (7 or 10 years): gives consumers the right to know what is in their credit report: requires that both a credit bureau and information provider (e.g., department store) have an obligation to correct incorrect information: gives consumers the right to dispute inaccurate information and add a 100-word statement to their report to explain accurate negative information: and gives consumers the right to know what credit bureau provided a report when they are turned down for credit.
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Credit Noun Synonyms: belief, faith, trust, credence
Credit Verb Synonyms: ascribe, acknowledge, attribute, assign, impute
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