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- Auto repossession remains for a time after being paid off
- Buy-here-pay-here dealer not likely to report payments
- Credit information is updated continuously
- Ensuring account is reported “closed”
- Ensuring charges sent to collection in error are not in credit report
- Getting credit report updated quickly after debts are paid
- How long before paid credit cards are updated
- How long it takes for a $0.00 balance to show in your credit report
- Income is not part of a credit report so cannot be updated with Experian
- Individuals cannot report their own accounts
- Paid court judgments updated automatically, not deleted immediately
- Reporting accounts to Experian is probably cost prohibitive for small business
- Reporting utility bill payments will be beneficial to consumers
- Sending change of address to Experian not necessary
- Stopping preapproved credit offers addressed to deceased son
- Updating bankruptcy information
- Updating employer listing on your credit report
- Updating the employers listed on your credit report
- Updating your report when a tax lien is released
- What to do if you are mistakenly reported as deceased
- When will paid accounts be updated?