A Banker's Responsibility: FCRA and FACT Act

Date:

May 4, 2026

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has been around since the 1970s. The law was fairly straight forward for many years. Then the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA) became law on December 4, 2003. The FACT Act revised the FCRA. The revisions, which unfolded over an eight-year period, resulted in substantial changes for all financial institutions. In order to understand the various provisions of the law today, research must include both the FCRA and FACTA and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’ s (CFPB) Regulation V and the Federal Reserve Board’s (FRB) Regulation V. It is all a bit of a jumble.
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA), which was signed into law on May 24, 2018, further amends a number of sections of the FCRA. Those sections create new security freeze rules, change rules regarding veteran’s medical debt, and allow a rehabilitation program for delinquent student loans