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Your credit report may be wrong; here's what to do about it BEV O'SHEA of NerdWallet March 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this March 5, 2012 file photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. Consumers gave the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau an earful in 2020 — there were a record number of complaints, and credit reporting bureaus were cited in more than half. You have a right to get free copies of your credit reports and to have any errors investigated and addressed.Elise Amendola/AP Consumers filed complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in ...

NerdWallet FILE - In this March 5, 2012 file photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. Consumers gave the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau an earful in 2020 — there were a record number of complaints, and credit reporting bureaus were cited in more than half. You have a right to get free copies of your credit reports and to have any errors investigated and addressed. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) By Bev O’shea NerdWallet Consumers filed complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in record numbers in 2020, according to a report released Monday...

Consumers filed complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in record numbers in 2020, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit consumer

Bev O'Shea Of Nerdwallet FILE - In this March 5, 2012 file photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. Consumers gave the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau an earful in 2020 — there were a record number of complaints, and credit reporting bureaus were cited in more than half. You have a right to get free copies of your credit reports and to have any errors investigated and addressed. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) March 03, 2021 - 3:47 AM Consumers filed complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in record numbers in 2020, ...

Listen to the interview with Deirdre Cummings.    Reflecting the impact of the pandemic on family finances, there was a surge in complaints last year to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – the government agency set up to protect people from unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices by financial companies.   A report from MassPIRG said complaints rose by more than 50 percent in 2020.    More than half the total complaints were about the credit reporting industry.    WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Deirdre Cummings, Consumer Program Director with Mas...