Closed bankruptcy auto loan still reported as open on credit bureau
After a chapter 7 bankruptcy discharged an auto loan repossession, the creditor continued reporting the account as open with a zeroed balance. This credit reporting error is a situational institutional failure at Ally Financial, not a systemic software problem requiring a new solution.
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