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  2. Credit rating agencies and the subprime crisis - Wikipedia

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    source: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States, p.229, figure 11.4 Credit rating agencies came under scrutiny following the mortgage crisis for giving investment-grade, "money safe" ratings to securitized mortgages (in the form of securities known as mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations ...

  3. Criticism of credit scoring systems in the United States

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    None of these transactions are captured by credit reporting agencies and leave students' credit invisible. Further, millennials report believing that being debt free is a sign of financial success. [67] To build a credit score requires one to take on debt, acting effectively as a debt score. [68]

  4. Fair Credit Reporting Act - Wikipedia

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    Investigate consumer disputes received from credit reporting agencies; Correct, delete, or verify information within 30 days of receipt of a dispute; and, Inform consumers about negative information which is in the process of or has already been placed on a consumer's credit report within one month.

  5. Sycamore Partners Leads Bid To Acquire Bankrupt JCPenney At ...

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    Private equity firm Sycamore Partners is leading a bidding war to acquire bankrupt J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (OTC: JCPNQ), the New York Post reported Monday.What Happened The New York-based firm ...

  6. Consumer bureau orders debt collection agency to shut down ...

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    Earlier this week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill prohibiting medical debt from being collected by credit reporting agencies or included in a consumer’s credit report. Colorado ...

  7. Cut off? What to do if your credit card issuer lowered ... - AOL

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    Why credit card issuers lower limits. As outlined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, credit card issuers have the right to lower credit limits at will and may do so when a cardholder appears to be ...

  8. JCPenney - Wikipedia

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    Penney OpCo LLC, doing business as JCPenney and often abbreviated JCP, is an American department store chain that operates 656 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. [3] [4] Departments inside JCPenney stores include Men's, Women's, Boys', Girls', Baby, Bedding, Home, Fine Jewelry, Shoes, Lingerie, JCPenney Salon, JCPenney Beauty, as well as leased departments such as Seattle's Best ...

  9. 2007–2008 financial crisis - Wikipedia

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    "Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse" (known as the Levin–Coburn Report) by the United States Senate concluded that the crisis was the result of "high risk, complex financial products; undisclosed conflicts of interest; the failure of regulators, the credit rating agencies, and the market itself to rein in ...