Adams Community Bank on Your Credit Report
In short: Headquartered in Adams, Massachusetts, Adams Community Bank is a state-chartered savings institution supervised by the FDIC and its state regulator. The charter behind FDIC certificate 90140 dates to May 1, 1869. At the 06/30/2026 reporting date the bank showed $1.01 billion in total assets and 10 FDIC-reported offices. Adams Community Bank is the furnisher of record on accounts it originates, so both the §623 route to the bank and the §611 route through the bureaus are available to you. Information that is inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable can be disputed under the FCRA. Outcomes depend on what the furnisher can verify, and results vary.
Who Adams Community Bank actually is
Charter details above are from the FDIC BankFind public database.
What makes this creditor different
Adams Community Bank is recorded by the FDIC under certificate 90140 as a state-chartered savings institution supervised by the FDIC and its state regulator, with 10 offices in Massachusetts and $1.01 billion in assets at the 06/30/2026 call report.
How Adams Community Bank appears on your credit report
Because Adams Community Bank originated the account, the signed application and the full posting history are held by the bank and not by a third party. A §623 direct dispute to Adams Community Bank therefore reaches the people who hold the records, while the parallel §611 dispute puts the bureaus on notice. Across 10 offices in Massachusetts, the review is handled in-house. No outcome is promised; the paperwork decides the result.
Names it may report under
Products that commonly show up
- ◆Secured and unsecured installment credit originated by Adams Community Bank in Massachusetts
- ◆Home-improvement and second-lien lending booked near Adams
- ◆Commercial and owner-occupied real-estate credit held by Adams Community Bank
Grounds to dispute an Adams Community Bank entry
Each of these is a reason an Adams Community Bank tradeline may be inaccurate or unverifiable. None of them assures removal — they are the angles worth checking on your own report.
- ◆Deferment or modification agreed with Adams Community Bank not reflected in the monthly status
- ◆Adams Community Bank account reported in the name of a co-signer who never signed
- ◆Charge-off reported by Adams Community Bank without the underlying itemization on file
- ◆Account balance or credit limit reported incorrectly
- ◆Payment reported late when it was made inside the grace period
- ◆Date of first delinquency re-aged to extend how long it can report
- ◆Account still reporting as open after it was closed, or vice versa
- ◆Duplicate tradeline for the same account after an internal transfer
- ◆Account belongs to someone else with a similar name, or is the result of identity theft
Disputing an original creditor is not the same as disputing a collector
Adams Community Bank is an original creditor — the institution whose name was on the account when it was opened. That matters for two reasons. First, the FDCPA, which governs debt collectors, generally does not apply to a creditor collecting its own debt in its own name, so the “debt validation” request that works against a collection agency is not the right tool here. Second, as the furnisher of the tradeline, Adams Community Bank has direct obligations under FCRA §623 to investigate a dispute you send it and to correct or delete information it cannot verify as accurate.
Dispute with the bureaus — FCRA §611
File with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. They must generally investigate within 30 days and tell the furnisher. Free, and you can do it yourself.
Dispute with the furnisher — FCRA §623
Send Adams Community Bank a direct written dispute. It must investigate and must not continue reporting information it knows is inaccurate. Keep copies and proof of delivery.
Adams Community Bank questions, answered
Does the FDIC insure deposits at Adams Community Bank?
Yes — Adams Community Bank appears in FDIC BankFind under certificate 90140. The record shows a state-chartered savings institution supervised by the FDIC and its state regulator based in Adams, MA, with a charter dated May 1, 1869, $1.01 billion in assets and 10 offices at the 06/30/2026 call report.
Which regulator oversees Adams Community Bank?
Adams Community Bank answers primarily to the FDIC and its state banking regulator. If a §611 and a §623 dispute both return "verified" against paperwork you hold, take it to the CFPB; FCRA §§616–617 also create a private right of action. You do not need to pay anyone to do either. The Adams Community Bank head office in Adams is the right address for the written record.
How many credit-card complaints does the CFPB show against Adams Community Bank?
No number is published here. When we queried the CFPB credit-card complaint data, no company key matched Adams Community Bank exactly, and we will not approximate one by partial-name matching — that routinely pulls in unrelated companies with similar names. Rather than imply a count we cannot source, we leave it out. The database is public and searchable at consumerfinance.gov.
How long can an Adams Community Bank charge-off stay on my credit report?
Seven years from the first delinquency that was never cured — not from the charge-off, not from a sale, and not from the date Adams Community Bank last updated the line. If that date moves forward between two pulls, that is re-aging and it is disputable on its own.
What is the difference between disputing with Adams Community Bank and disputing with a collector?
The records live in different places. As the original creditor, Adams Community Bank holds the application, the statements and the payment ledger, while a buyer of the debt usually holds an electronic summary. A §623 dispute aimed at Adams Community Bank therefore lands where the evidence actually is.
Does Adams Community Bank report to all three credit bureaus?
Furnishing is voluntary under the FCRA, so Adams Community Bank — 10 offices in Massachusetts — may report to one or two bureaus rather than all three. Compare the three files side by side: differing balances are usually timing, but differing account status or first-delinquency dates are disputable.
I see duplicate Adams Community Bank tradelines — is that allowed?
One account showing twice is a classic conversion artifact. Adams Community Bank has operated since 1869, and a charter that old has usually been through at least one core-system migration. An account may legitimately appear under a predecessor name, but the same debt must not report twice with two balances. Dispute the duplicate and name both tradelines.
Can I dispute an Adams Community Bank account myself without paying anyone?
No payment is required. Writing to the bureaus under §611 or to Adams Community Bank under §623 costs you postage. Paid help is optional and cannot unlock anything extra; results depend entirely on what the documentation shows, and accurate entries stay put.
Where is Adams Community Bank headquartered, and does that affect my dispute?
Adams Community Bank is headquartered in Adams, Massachusetts, with 10 FDIC-reported offices. Headquarters does not change your federal rights — the FCRA applies identically everywhere — but it does tell you which state banking regulator shares oversight, which matters if you escalate past the CFPB.
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This page is general information about consumer rights, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Crowned Credit is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Adams Community Bank; company names are used only to identify the institution a consumer may see on a credit report. Crowned Credit does not promise any particular outcome; results vary by individual circumstances and by what a furnisher is able to verify. Accurate, verifiable information generally cannot be removed from a credit report. You have the right to dispute inaccurate information yourself, for free, directly with the credit bureaus and with the furnisher.
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