Consumer complaint received 2024-01-17
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc. (CA)

XXXX, Experian, and XXXX continue to inaccurately report the account listed as XXXX XXXX XXXX. There is a balance showing as due when in fact the account should be listed as paid as agreed. The loan has been paid in full furthermore any finance charge is a purchase money loan which is a cash advance in lieu of the finance charge. Therefore I funded this loan and can not be indebted. The only reason the credit bureaus are inaccurately reporting the account is due to double dipping by being paid by XXXX XXXX XXXX while selling my personal information which puts my information at risk of being exposed due to data breaches. 
( d ) Purchase money loan. A cash advance which is received by a consumer in return for a Finance Charge within the meaning of the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z, which is applied, in whole or substantial part, to a purchase of goods or services from a seller who ( XXXX ) refers consumers to the creditor or ( XXXX ) is affiliated with the creditor by common control, contract, or business arrangement. 

( XXXX ) Financing a sale. Extending credit to a consumer in connection with a Credit Sale within the meaning of the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z. 

( f ) Contract. Any oral or written agreement, formal or informal, between a creditor and a seller, which contemplates or provides for cooperative or concerted activity in connection with the sale of goods or services to consumers or the financing thereof. 

( g ) Business arrangement. Any understanding, procedure, course of dealing, or arrangement, formal or informal, between a creditor and a seller, in connection with the sale of goods or services to consumers or the financing thereof. 

( h ) Credit card issuer. A person who extends to cardholders the right to use a credit card in connection with purchases of goods or services. 

( i ) Consumer credit contract. Any instrument which evidences or embodies a debt arising from a Purchase Money Loan transaction or a financed sale as defined in paragraphs ( d ) and ( e ) of this section. 

( j ) Seller. A person who, in the ordinary course of business, sells or leases goods or services to consumers. 
( XXXX ) " Security, '' except as otherwise provided in Section 8-103, means an obligation of an issuer or a share, participation, or other interest in an issuer or in property or an enterprise of an issuer : ( i ) which is represented by a security certificate in bearer or registered form, or the transfer of which may be registered upon books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer ; ( ii ) which is one of a class or series or by its terms is divisible into a class or series of shares, participations, interests, or obligations; and ( iii ) which : ( A ) is, or is of a type, dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or securities markets; or ( B ) is a medium for investment and by its terms expressly provides that it is a security governed by this Article. 

( XXXX ) " Security certificate '' means a certificate representing a security. 

( XXXX ) " Security entitlement '' means the rights and property interest of an entitlement holder with respect to a financial asset specified in Part 5.