Credit Scores and Reporting
Consumer Information
Press Releases
Studies
Testimony and Comments
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Consumer Information
- Your Credit Score, 06/12/03. (PDF)
- Know Your Score: Think Your Grade Point Average is Your Only Score That Matters?, 01/01/02. (PDF)
Press Releases
- CFA and VantageScore Solutions reveals Large Number of Americans Know Little About Credit Scores, 05/13/2013. (PDF)(Infographic)
- Second Annual Survey of Consumer Knowledge About Credit Scores Reveals Considerable Improvement but Also Costly Misunderstandings, 05/14/12. (PDF)
- New Spanish Website and Brochure Provide Important Information About Credit Scores to Help Hispanic Americans, 02/13/12. (PDF) (Spanish Translation)
- New Survey Reveals What Consumers Know and Don't Know About Changing Credit Score Marketplace, 02/28/11. (PDF)
- Consumer Federation of America Applauds Senate Vote on the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill, 07/15/10. (PDF)
- CFA Urges the House of Representatives to Strengthen and Pass Financial Regulatory Reform, 12/08/09. (PDF)
- La Comprensión de la Calificación del Crédito por Parte del Consumidor, Mejora Pero Aún es Baja, 07/10/08. (PDF)
- Consumer Understanding of Credit Scores Improves but Remains Poor: Results of CFA/WaMu Credit Score Survey, 07/10/08. (PDF)
- Consumer Understanding of Credit Scores Remains Poor, 07/19/07. (PDF)
- Consumer Understanding of and Access to Credit Scores Improves Over Past Year but still Insufficient, Annual Survey Finds, 09/20/05. (PDF)
- Many Americans Misunderstand Credit Scores According to New National Survey, 03/15/05. (PDF)
- Most Consumers Do Not Understand Credit Scores According to a New Comprehensive Survey, 09/21/04. (PDF)
- Consumer Federation Calls For a Stronger Senate Credit Reporting Bill --Urges Senate to Pass Feinstein-Boxer Privacy Amendment, 11/04/03. (Read More)
- Consumer Federation Calls For A Stronger Senate Credit Reporting Bill, 09/23/03. (Read More)
- Survey Shows Consumers Lack Essential Knowledge on Credit Reporting and Credit Scores, 07/28/03. (Read More)
- Millions of Americans Jeopardized by Inaccurate Credit Scores, 12/17/02. (PDF)
Studies
- Credit Score Accuracy and Implications for Consumers, 12/17/02. (PDF)
Testimony and Comments
- CFA Joins in Letter Urging U.S. Senate to Pass S.160, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2013, 05/13/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Outlines Consumer Priorities for Lame Duck Session to Senate, 11/17/10. (PDF)
- CFA Outlines Consumer Priorities for Lame Duck Session to House, 11/17/10. (PDF)
- CFA supports H.R 3421, Medical Debt Relief Act, 09/21/10. (PDF)
- Consumer Groups Support Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009, 07/26/10. (PDF)
- Comments of Consumer Groups to FTC on Preventing Deceptive Marketing of Credit Reports, 12/07/09. (PDF)
- Re: Consumer Opposition to Weakening Credit Repair Organizations Act, 07/30/07. (PDF)
- Consumer Groups Comment on FTC's FACT Act Scores Study, 08/16/04. (PDF)
- 2003 Changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act: Important, 01/07/04. (PDF)
- Consumer Groups Call for Significant Improvements to Senate Credit Reporting Bill, 09/22/03. (PDF)