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Registration Now Open! CDIA Connect 2026
CDIA Connect 2026 May 6–8, 2026 | Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC Registration is officially open for CDIA Connect 2026, CDIA’s annual conference and...
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CDIA’s Metro 2® Format Essentials+ Plus Training is CDIA’s newest live, instructor-led virtual workshop designed to bridge the gap between basics and Advanced Metro 2® training. What to...
Ready to Level Up Your Metro 2® Skills?
Go beyond the basics with CDIA’s Metro 2® Format Essentials+ Plus—a 2 half-day live webinar series designed for those with 3–5...

Brittany Bailey
October 2, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2025 CDIA Statement Regarding Changes in FICO Pricing WASHINGTON, D.C. – While the Direct License Program...

Brittany Bailey
July 14, 2025
On Friday, July 11, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas held that the CFPB exceeded...

Brittany Bailey
April 2, 2025
If Congress doesn’t act quickly, an ill-advised rule finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the waning hours of the Biden administration will...
Brittany Bailey
April 2, 2025
April 2, 2025 Via Electronic Delivery to 2024-NPRM-CONSUMER-REPORTING@cfpb.gov Comment Intake—Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices (Regulation V) c/o Legal...
CDIA Staff
September 13, 2023
(Washington, DC) – Dan Smith, president and CEO of the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA), made the following statement today about...

Dan Smith
September 5, 2023
A misguided piece of legislation currently before the California Legislature would severely harm consumers, small and independent businesses, and nonprofit organizations...

Eric Ellman
April 18, 2023
By Jennifer Sarvadi and Erik Kosa On March 21, a panel of the Ninth Circuit held in Yim v. Seattle that...

CDIA Staff
April 13, 2023
The Consumer Data Industry Association brought together representatives from the three nationwide credit bureaus – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – for...

Eric Ellman
January 22, 2023
In a recent article at law360.com (paywall), David Stein, a partner at Covington, makes a troubling observation: The CFPB is “is...

Eric Ellman
November 28, 2022
In 2019, Colorado passed a law that “automatically prevents the retrieval of criminal records when a case is entirely dismissed” /2/....