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FAEAWW
January 16, 2020
Who do you go to when you have followed all the policy and procedures you have posted? Often the information remains.
FTC Staff
February 04, 2020
In reply to Who do you go to when you by FAEAWW
If you've already tried reaching out to the credit reporting company and still have an issue, you can submit a complaint to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB will forward your complaint the company and work to get you a response, generally within 15 days.
Algablase
January 16, 2020
when companies close out your credit card for not using them within a year, how does this affect your credit score?
FTC Staff
January 30, 2020
In reply to when companies close out your by Algablase
This FTC article explains what affects your credit score.
Marnix van Ammers
January 16, 2020
Is it necessary to fix minor spelling errors in a name? Often computers (and people) will change my last name from "van Ammers" to "vanAmmers" or "VanAmmers" or "Vanammers", and so I see these various forms on my credit report. Is a missing space or an uppercase/lowercase error in one's name significant enough to warrant going through the correction process?
In reply to Is it necessary to fix minor by Marnix van Ammers
You have to decide if you want to go through the correction process. It's possible that a misspelled name could lead to accounts that are not yours being added to your report.
Halley
January 16, 2020
We just want to say thank you and really appreciate all the great information you pass on to us. Very helpful and informative. Looking forward to the next one. Halley
what’s the point
January 21, 2020
“ . The credit bureau must investigate your claim and make any necessary updates to your information within 30 days. The bureau also must contact the company that provided the information. If the company finds the information was inaccurate, they must notify all three credit bureaus to correct your file.” Investigate? 30 days to Correct? They don’t investigate nor do they correct! They just continue to report what their masters the creditors tell them to. It’s been 2 years of repeated disputes and still reporting derogatorily on my credit.
FTC Staff
February 04, 2020
In reply to “ . The credit bureau must by what’s the point
If you've already tried reaching out to the credit reporting company and still have an issue, you can submit a complaint to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB will forward your complaint the company and work to get you a response, generally within 15 days.
TimeWasted
January 25, 2020
I don't have enough fingers and toes -x- 1,000,000 to count the times I have contacted all CRAs, disputed inaccurate/incorrect data dumped into my file. I've lost a high level career with our Government due to said content within each Report which the DoD relies upon every five years in order to maintain your status. I have police reports, IRS notification of illegal use of my SSN, and countless documents inbetween. End result? I'm standing with one foot out the door with tent in tow and nowhere to go. Thank you Equifax, Experian and TransUnion...
FTC Staff
February 04, 2020
In reply to I don't have enough fingers by TimeWasted
If you've already tried reaching out to the credit reporting companies and still have an issue, you can submit a complaint to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB will forward your complaint the company and work to get you a response, generally within 15 days.
kamziz
February 04, 2020
I have been making regular payments on a loan that was opened in January 2019, but my lender did not report my account to the credit bureaus until August 2019. When this account popped up on my credit report, it showed that I had only made two payments even though I had not missed a single payment. I filed a dispute with the credit bureaus and contacted my lender to fix the problem on my credit report. Two of the three bureaus fixed the error. Equifax still has an error in my report. After months of going back and forth with both my lender and Equifax, they did not fix the problem. Equifax says they're waiting for my lender to confirm that I made regular payments, and my lender says it has sent all the information needed to fix the problem to Equifax. What should my next step be?
FTC Staff
February 04, 2020
In reply to I have been making regular by kamziz
If you've already tried reaching out to the credit reporting company and still have an issue, you can submit a complaint to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB will forward your complaint the company and work to get you a response, generally within 15 days.
