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☆ Retailers are losing $100 billion a year from 'friendly fraud,' report finds — and sometimes it's an accident
  + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Genna Contino | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Man sits on a sofa in his living room and uses a credit card to pay online. Stefanikolic | E+ | Getty ImagesFriendly fraud is a broad termCredit card experts say identifying friendly fraud can be difficult. "We look at the number of accounts, number of disputes, number of overturned disputes, number of closed accounts. Looking at Socure's research, $89 billion of the $100 billion attributed to this type of fraud is lost by merchants. The remainder comes from credit card fraud loss ($18 billion) and the dispute resolution from the top 15 U.S. banks.
Persons: Robert Painter, Chi Chi Wu, That's, Wu, Johnny Ayers, Ayers, Domenic Cirone Organizations: Getty, National Consumer Law, Merchant Risk Council Locations: U.S
☆ Why is Travis Kelce so concerned about my credit score?
  + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
And now, he would like to talk about everybody's — credit scores. It's the type of message that can briefly fill you with panic since credit scores can make or break your financial life. The checking account and debit card are pretty vanilla, and Boost doesn't guarantee a higher credit score. America is filled with people with bad credit scores who want to improve, and probably a lot of them are football fans. "But America is filled with people with bad credit scores who want to improve, and probably a lot of them are football fans."
Persons: Travis Kelce, Taylor, He's, It's, Experian, Kelce, Katie Stratman, it's, isn't, Matt Schulz, Aaron Klein, Rajiv Bhatia, Chi Wu, Swift, —, Klein, Emily Stewart Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, American Express, Chiefs, Netflix, Citibank, Brookings Institution, Treasury, Morningstar, National Consumer Law Center, Capital, Business Locations: Experian, America
☆ The pandemic ushered in free weekly credit reports for Americans. Unless the government acts soon, that's over.
  + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( John L. Dorman | Senior Politics Reporter | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Since the start of the pandemic, Americans have been able to access free weekly credit reports. "Even when consumers are successful in having their complaint addressed, complaints call into question the underlying data contained in consumers' credit reports," the report read. Navigating the credit reporting system in the United States requires skill and often a good deal of patience. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California, who chaired the panel at the time, said during the hearing that a public credit reporting agency "would be a major upgrade over today's broken, biased credit reporting system." Consumer advocates stress that not only should credit reports be easily accessible but that Americans should be able to scrutinize the information contained in credit reports.
☆ How structural racism plays a role in lowering credit scores
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Nathaniel Lee | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Credit scores, which represent how likely a person is to pay his or her bills, affects almost every aspect of an American's financial life. "Credit scores are based on past performance," said Aaron Klein, senior fellow in economic studies at The Brookings Institute. Forty-two percent of Americans said their credit scores prevented them from accessing financial products like credit cards or loans. "If the information is not on a credit report, it is systematically impossible for your credit score to be influenced by it," said John Ulzheimer, a longtime expert in the credit industry. Watch the video to find out more about how credit scores can help — and hurt — consumers.
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