The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) allows consumers to dispute the validity or accuracy of information in their credit reports and gives them three options for doing so. A consumer may file a "direct" dispute with the entity that furnished the allegedly false or inaccurate information to a consumer reporting agency (CRA). Or, that consumer can file an "indirect" dispute with the CRA, which can pass the dispute onto the furnisher for further investigation. As a third option, a consumer can file both direct and indirect disputes.