Credit card or prepaid card -- Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem -- Complaint #5112072

Complaint Overview

Complaint ID: 5112072

Company: Bread Financial Holdings, INC.

Product: Credit card or prepaid card

Sub-Product: Store credit card

Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem

Sub-Issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

State: Michigan

ZIP Code: 480XX

Date Received: 2022-01-15T12:00:00-05:00

Date Sent to Company: 2022-01-15T12:00:00-05:00

Company Response: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A

Submitted Via: Web

Consumer Narrative

When the pandemic first happened I contacted The Avenue credit card and Torrid 's credit card credit protection company Account Assure to notify them that I was laid off from my former employer due to Covid-19. I sent in my lay off letter from my employer which clearly outlined that I was laid off due to CV-19 and to file for unemployment benefits that would not be contested due to the pandemic. I also contacted The Avenue and Torrid to let them know that I was laid off due to CV-19 and requested my payments to be placed on hold until I received the approval from XXXX XXXX I was told by the CSR that my accounts would be put on hold for 2 months with no payments due because of the high volume of requests that XXXX XXXX was experiencing because of CV-19. In XXXX of 2020 I received a letter from Assure Assure stating that my payments would not be covered due to my former employer using the word furlough and lay-off interchangeably throughout the letter. XXXX XXXXXXXX stated that I was not experiencing a financial hardship due to my employer listing that I was furloughed in the letter. I explained to the representative that a furlough and a lay-off is the same exact thing by definition. I was told that the insurance coverage that I paid monthly for would not cover my payments. By this time I had missed payments on both of my accounts which are through Commenity Bank because the CSR I previously spoke with works for both The Avenue & Torrid never placed my accounts in a hold status. Due to the CSR not placing my accounts on hold ; Account Assure not covering my monthly payments and I had not received my unemployment benefits yet I have XXXX & 60 day late payments being reported on my credit report for my Torrid & The Avenue accounts. I also spoke with a supervisor at The Avenue & Torrid call center in the fall of 2020 after disputing the late payments with all 3 major credit bureas and was told to submit all documentation online. The supervisor stated my payments should have been covered by XXXX XXXXXXXX and the late payments would be removed. I submitted all documentation online as requested and the late payments were never removed from my credit reports. Instead I received a letter in the mail from both accounts stating that they have to report my payment history accurately to the credit bureaus and the late payments being reported would not be removed. Which is contradictory to what I was told by the supervisor I spoke with over the phone.

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