Card issuer reports late payments caused by its own processing failure
A cardholder's payments failed to process correctly due to an online servicing issue the bank was not notified about in advance, and despite contacting the bank in real time and paying off the balance in good faith, late payments were still reported to credit bureaus. When disputed, the issuer verified the inaccurate information without investigating its own processing failure.
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