The Trump administration is set to issue new guidance prohibiting states from removing medical debt from credit reports.

Key Takeaways The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a new interpretive rule that says that a federal law should take precedence over state laws that ban medical debt from credit reports.

The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ ...

If finalized, the rule would override state laws, including those that ban reporting of medical debt on consumer credit reports ...

The federal government said California was wrong in adopting a new law that keeps delinquent medical debt from appearing on a ...

Your FICO score has long determined whether you could get a mortgage, car loan or credit card. That could change soon.

Credit scores play a central role in people's lives. Fair Isaac Corp., or FICO, has dominated credit scoring until recently. The credit-scoring industry is going through a big shift as companies ...

In 2025, the average credit score for Gen Z borrowers fell to 676, well below the national average of 715, according to a FICO report.