Consumer complaint received 2021-05-21
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX
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:
I have three XXXXXXXX XXXX  checking accounts that have continued to show up on my credit report as collection accounts. These accounts are supposedly from XXXX & XXXX and they all show to be checking accounts, which makes zero sense, as I never had more than one personal checking account with this bank. The only time a second & even third account existed was my Business Checking account. That said, XXXX XXXX is legally restricted from reporting business accounts as collection accounts on my personal credit report, yet it appears they have done so. I have asked for my account statements on all three accounts more than once and was never furnished anything. Due to not receiving the information that I am legally entitled to, I contacted XXXX XXXX to see if I could have this removed by just agreeing to pay each collection in full and I was explicitly told that they would remove these collection accounts if paid in full and that they would send the request immediately after the balances were cleared. Therefore, I went to the nearest XXXXXXXX XXXX and purchased three separate money orders and was told that the branch had to mail all 3 money orders to the collection dept in XXXX XXXX because the bank branch couldnt process payments for collection accounts for some reason. Three weeks pass and each item is still listed - each with the full balance still showing as unpaid & delinquent. I called the collection dept and they said they never received anything and then proceeded to make me feel as if I was lying about the money orders. Two days later I get a voicemail saying they located my money order payments and that they had already submitted for the accounts to be removed from all three bureaus. Unfortunately, they didnt do what was promised - all they did was list the balance as Paid Collection but they never removed the accounts entirely. I wouldnt have wasted money paying collection accounts had I known they wouldnt remove the accounts entirely because paid collections do no good for any consumers credit score. I have contacted the collections dept several times and no one will ever call me back. These accounts have undoubtedly made my overall cost or credit much higher than it would have been otherwise. I have absolutely nothing else that is negative on my report except for XXXX XXXX 

**On the attached screenshots, you can clearly see that not only is XXXX XXXX still reporting these accounts as collections - but they are also still reporting each account as derogatory! 

**I also attached screenshots of the remainder of my credit file to represent the fact that Im not someone that just doesnt pay their bills. I have zero late payments ever and if XXXX XXXX would have done what they promised to do, then my score would be close to XXXX, but instead my score ranges from XXXX - XXXX. These accounts need to be removed IMMEDIATELY.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation