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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%.

Suspected digital fraud continues to impact businesses worldwide. In a recent TransUnion survey of 1,200 business leaders, respondents reported fraud losses totaling $534 billion. To help companies combat this growing threat, TransUnion today announced expanded machine learning capabilities within its Device Risk solution. The enhancements are designed to help organizations detect and combat increasingly sophisticated attacks, while maintaining a streamlined and trusted customer experience. Today's announcement comes at the Merchant Risk Council's MRC 2026 conference in Las Vegas, where TransUnion will be exhibiting its fraud solutions at Booth 422. To help businesses stay ahead of emerging threats, TransUnion Device Risk has been further powered to enable: Stronger recognition of returning devices across customers; More robust detection of non-human activity; Deeper consortium-driven insights that illuminate evolving fraud trends.