The Broken Credit Reporting System - National Consumer Law Center Attorney Chi Chi Wu

Summary: Happy International Women's Day! In today's episode, Ryan Zauk sits down with Chi Chi Wu, Attorney at The National Consumer Law Center. Since 1969, the nonprofit National Consumer Law Center has used its expertise in consumer law and energy policy to work for consumer justice and economic security for low-income and other disadvantaged people in the U.S. Chi Chi is a Harvard Law Grad who fights for consumer protections in Massachusetts, Washington DC, and around the country, with a focus on credit reporting, credit bureaus, and medical debt. In today’s episode, Chi Chi and Ryan discuss: - The Fair Credit Reporting Act's strengths and weaknesses - The Big 3 Credit Bureaus...what’s broken, and how we can fix it - Pros and cons of the new alternative data boom - COVID's devastating effects on individual credit - Her hopes for the new CFPB and administration and much more! For more FinTech insights, follow us below: Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech Ryan's Twitter: twitter.com/RyanZauk LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/wharton-fintech-club/