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Working Paper
A century of consumer credit reporting in America
In the United States today, there is at least one credit bureau file, and probably three, for every credit-using individual in the country. Over 2 billion items of information are added to these files every month, and over 3 million credit reports are issued every day. Real-time access to credit bureau information has reduced the time required to approve a loan from a few weeks to just a few minutes. But credit bureaus have also been criticized for furnishing erroneous information and for compromising privacy. The result has been 30 years of regulation at the state and federal levels. ; This ...
Journal Article
Rule on affiliate marketing opt outs
Journal Article
The Fair Credit Reporting Act gets an overhaul
Carol Lewis, a compliance examiner at the Boston Fed, reviews the major changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Journal Article
Rule on use of medical information for credit eligibility
Conference Paper
Privacy regulation and what is at risk
Discussion Paper
Identity theft: where do we go from here?
The identity theft forum sponsored by the Payment Cards Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Gartner Fellows Program brought together a broad range of stakeholders to discuss the important issue of identity theft. Participants from the financial services and merchant industries, Internet service and technology providers, and regulatory and law enforcement agencies examined issues faced by consumers, merchants, and banks in fighting this financial crime. Discussants shared methodologies used to combat this crime and explored opportunities for coordination in searching for ...