Browsing the archives for the U.S. tag

In the U.S. will placing fraud alerts with consumer credit reporting agencies reduce your credit score?

in Credit Monitoring

In the U.S., the three major credit reporting agencies are Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Each of these agencies and private companies (e.g., Lifelock) offer credit monitoring services. Private companies generally file fraud alerts every 90

1 Comment

How do I Obtain My Credit Report if I Live Outside the U.S.?

in Transunion Credit Report

I’m an American living outside of the U.S. on a work assignment. I would like to obtain a copy of my free credit report from one of the three credit repositories-Transunion, Experian or Equifax but can’t get a copy of my credit report from www.annualcreditreport.com. Every time I try to obtain the report, I get [...]

2 Comments