Equifax Should Face Curbs on Selling Credit Scores, Maxine Waters Says
Wall Street Journal, Aug. 10, 2022–AnnaMaria Andriotis (subscription)
Maxine Waters, chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, asked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop Equifax from selling credit scores to lenders until the credit-reporting firm can prove it has the controls in place to ensure its scores are correct. In a letter to the CFPB, viewed by The Wall Street Journal, the California congresswoman also called for “more robust enforcement action” against the company that goes beyond fines.
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