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TransUnion, Equifax lower after Pulte tweet on credit bureau pricing

Resharing a post by Senator for Missouri Josh Hawley, U.S. Director of Federal Housing Bill Pulte said on X, "Interesting. Credit score pricing and credit bureau pricing must be more affordable." Hawley had written, "I'm launching an investigation into FICO The increasing cost of credit scores is straining homebuyers in an already unaffordable market I've also asked the FTC to investigate FICO's anticompetitive practices." On Tuesday trading, shares of FICO (FICO), Equifax (EFX) and TransUnion (TRU) were all trading down about 7%.

Equifax announced that the Equifax Board of Directors approved a 12% increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend for the first quarter of 2026. The new quarterly cash dividend is 56c per share, subject to future declaration by the company's Board of Directors. For the first quarter of 2026, the cash dividend of 56c per share is payable on March 17 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 9.