Why does an account that has been paid still show with a balance on a Credit Report?
Most credit grantors report to repositories on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. Time requirements of creditors to report their data to the three major repositories widely vary. Time requirements that credit repositories have to add to a Consumers Credit Report with new credit data also varies. The human factor between creditor and credit repositories may sometimes take weeks or several months to update their data. (Example: on an average a Credit Report reports balances approximately 30-60 days behind.)