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Financial Awareness

Contact discovery for dispute resolution

Problem detail

Incorrect DPD Reporting

The credit report shows an incorrect Days Past Due (DPD) status for a payment that was actually made on time.

General

Required documents

  • • Credit report with the incorrect DPD entry
  • • Payment receipts and bank statement
  • • Loan payment schedule
  • • Communication proving on-time payment

Contact order

  1. • Lender Grievance Desk
  2. • Nodal Officer
  3. • Credit Bureau Dispute Desk
  4. • Ombudsman / Regulator

Timeline

  • • Acknowledgement: 1–3 days
  • • Reconciliation: 7–14 days
  • • Correction in bureau report: 30–45 days

Escalation path

  • • Get a written confirmation from the lender acknowledging on-time payment
  • • Ask the lender to resend corrected data to the bureau
  • • Lodge a dispute with the bureau if the report is unchanged after 15 days
  • • File with the ombudsman if the bureau does not correct the DPD after 45 days