Consumer complaint received 2022-03-29
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NY
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Old information reappears or never goes away

Complaint:
This is the letter that I. wrote to the student loan bank. I called the bank and they do not have anything in their records but the reporting agencies still have the info. on their records. I have disputed through them and nothing has changed. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX, PA XXXX XXXX Dear Sir/Madam : I am writing to dispute a late payment that was placed on my credit report from XXXX. I recently started 2 new jobs so I can make enough to endure inflation, exuberant expenses while I pay off my debt acquired by the last 2 years of changes. Your debt is one I plan to pay off this year hopefully. My account was deferred during Covid as my income was reduced tremendously just like the rest of the world. I just started 2 new companies and onboarding 2 new companies is a living nightmare as both positions are full time and production based. My 1st position is as a loan officer, relies heavily on my score to maintain my license to work. If my score drops, I could lose my license and the ability to pay off my debt. The second position as a life insurance agent has a huge learning curve for me. If you send emails, I may have missed them as I get a lot of emails on my personal inbox and do not have the proper time to go through all of them as well as 2 other inboxes for each employment and they are all bombarded with emails. 

Furthermore, I did not receive proper notification that the account was out of forbearance or even late which I believe is in violation of the fair debt collection practices act. When I got notification on my credit reporting app that my score plummeted from XXXX to XXXX a XXXX point drop! I almost had a XXXX XXXX because of 3 late payments, I immediately checked and noticed it was your institution. I signed on to your site and noticed you still had old contact information which I have updated in the past and updated again this time around. I am not sure why it remains on your records. The reason for such a big drop is because my XXXX account shows 3 late payments but I only have one account with 3 loans. I have been working very hard to maintain a 100 % payment history throughout the whole covid. My scores were soaring in the XXXX by XXXX and dropped as I had to switch positions and use more of my credit during the transition, still my payment history was intact. Regardless of my life changes my score has never been this low ever since my divorce 10 years ago. 

I am requesting that the charge be removed as I have updated the account, paid all late fees and set it as automatic payments until I can pay it off. I can not afford to lose my license and my ability to pay my debt because of this mistake. Going back to one job will put me and my single parent household family in a bad position financially. I really appreciate your help with this matter and your time investigating your records and rectifying this reporting issue. I have included proof of how this is affecting my credit and the dispute form. Thank you for your assistance with this problem! 

Yours sincerely,

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation