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credit report question again

hi there

think this is the right place to ask but have just got my credit report from experian and, on it is a clydesdale bank readycash account that was marked as a late payment over a year ago.

this is a basic account so im not even sure why it was credit scored or why it would appear on a credit report.
does any one know if i can have this removed
many thanks

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  • stclair
    stclair Posts: 6,855 Forumite
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    They may remove it as a GOGW however to your own admission yesterday or the day before you did manage
    to take the account overdrawn at some point so therefore so the data has been registered correctly.
    Im an ex employee RBS Group
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  • thanks for reply st clair, thought this forum seemed a better place to ask. yes it went overdrawn, i dont deny that, by about 10 quid or so but these basic accounts are not credit scored, even bankrupts can get them, so i dont know why its even appearing on my credit history
  • stclair
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    edited 19 April 2011 at 10:08PM
    thanks for reply st clair, thought this forum seemed a better place to ask. yes it went overdrawn, i dont deny that, by about 10 quid or so but these basic accounts are not credit scored, even bankrupts can get them, so i dont know why its even appearing on my credit history

    Most basic bank accounts report to the CRAS now a days.

    They dont have to be credit scored to appear on your credit file either.
    Im an ex employee RBS Group
    However Any Opinion Given On MSE Is Strictly My Own
  • bit extreme to register all that data though when it was a basic account that was only overdrawn once for less than a couple of weeks
  • stclair
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    bit extreme to register all that data though when it was a basic account that was only overdrawn once for less than a couple of weeks

    As a bank they have the right to report the way your account has been managed to the CRAs. If you think the decision is wrong you should contact them and ask them if they will update the information as a GOGW.
    Im an ex employee RBS Group
    However Any Opinion Given On MSE Is Strictly My Own
  • think i will do hun,
  • pmduk
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    stclair, out of interest (ie nosiness) what is a GOGW, from the context I suspect Goodwill gesture?
  • stclair
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    edited 20 April 2011 at 12:49PM
    Well if the OP asked the bank nicely they may remove the data.

    I have had data corrected before by HSBC when I missed a Credit Card payment as I thought a DD was place.

    I wrote to them making them to remove the data as GOGW or out of the goodness of their heart and they did :D
    Im an ex employee RBS Group
    However Any Opinion Given On MSE Is Strictly My Own
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