White Sox Fan asked:


I had applied for a small loan and after receiving the reasons for its denial I noticed two reasons were something to the effect of “Delinquincy, public record, nonpayment”, or something similar. This alarmed me so I went to the official free credit report site and checked my history. The report I received on this site(through Equifax) did not indicate ANY negative history so I was confused as to why the bank’s credit check would.

I have several tens of thousands of dollars in debt due to student loans for law school but those don’t have to be paid back until after I graduate in 2009. My other credit history is small and I know I never missed any payments on any of my bills.

The only things I think it could be are either tickets/criminal history or overdrafting an account(which I’ve done once or twice). Would these qualify for the description the bank gave me? Why didn’t these things show on the free report? Sorry for the length but I wanted to be accurate.
A few additional details in light of the first answer. I should say that the main reason I was told I was refused was because of 1)a lack of credit history and 2)no paying job. The lack of credit history means I did not have any previous lines of credits with debt payable to a financial institution. My internship is for a government position(prosecutor) and is unpaid. Also any overdraft was immediately corrected.

I didn’t see any of the three reporting agencies on the letter but I’m sure I can give the bank a call and find out. I did receive my free report from the official site so hopefully I can still get additional ones from the other two agencies. Still does anyone have any ideas what these negatives could potentially be?

Lloyd