Chelsea Savings Bank on Your Credit Report
In short: Chelsea Savings Bank is a state-chartered bank that is not a member of the Federal Reserve System, supervised by the FDIC and its state regulator headquartered in Belle Plaine, Iowa. The charter behind FDIC certificate 15427 dates to October 19, 1936 — a twentieth-century charter, which means its records have outlived more than one generation of account-numbering. As of the 06/30/2026 call report, Chelsea Savings Bank held $197 million in assets and operated 5 FDIC-reported offices. Chelsea Savings Bank reports as an original creditor rather than an assignee, so the §623 direct dispute and the §611 bureau dispute are both open routes. 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 Chelsea Savings Bank actually is
Charter details above are from the FDIC BankFind public database.
What makes this creditor different
Chelsea Savings Bank is listed by the FDIC as certificate 15427, $197 million in total assets and 5 FDIC-reported offices, headquartered in Belle Plaine, Iowa.
How Chelsea Savings Bank appears on your credit report
Chelsea Savings Bank is the furnisher here, not an assignee, which matters because an assignee usually receives a data file while the originator keeps the paperwork. Chartered in Iowa and operating 5 FDIC-reported offices, Chelsea Savings Bank handles disputes against its own records. Send it in writing, be specific about which field is inaccurate, and file the §611 dispute alongside it. No outcome is promised — what happens depends on the underlying documentation.
Names it may report under
Products that commonly show up
- ◆Deposit-linked consumer credit originated at its 5 Iowa offices
- ◆Mortgage and home-equity credit originated in its Iowa market
- ◆Small-business and commercial credit backed by a personal pledge
Grounds to dispute a Chelsea Savings Bank entry
Each of these is a reason a Chelsea Savings Bank tradeline may be inaccurate or unverifiable. None of them assures removal — they are the angles worth checking on your own report.
- ◆Counter deposit at a Chelsea Savings Bank branch in Belle Plaine posted after cutoff and reported late
- ◆Account still showing a balance after Chelsea Savings Bank processed the payoff
- ◆Single Chelsea Savings Bank account reporting twice following a data migration
- ◆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
Chelsea Savings 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, Chelsea Savings 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 Chelsea Savings Bank a direct written dispute. It must investigate and must not continue reporting information it knows is inaccurate. Keep copies and proof of delivery.
Chelsea Savings Bank questions, answered
Is Chelsea Savings Bank FDIC-insured, and what is its certificate number?
Yes — deposits are FDIC-insured under certificate 15427. That record lists Chelsea Savings Bank as a state-chartered bank that is not a member of the Federal Reserve System, supervised by the FDIC and its state regulator headquartered in Belle Plaine, IA, chartered October 19, 1936, with $197 million in assets across 5 FDIC-reported offices on the 06/30/2026 call report.
Who regulates Chelsea Savings Bank, and where do I escalate if a dispute fails?
As a state-chartered bank that is not a member of the Federal Reserve System, supervised by the FDIC and its state regulator, Chelsea Savings Bank answers primarily to that regulator. Where a §611 and a §623 dispute both come back "verified" against documentation you hold, escalate to the CFPB, and note that FCRA §§616–617 create a private right of action. You do not need to hire anyone to take either step.
How many credit-card complaints does the CFPB show against Chelsea Savings Bank?
No number is published here. When we queried the CFPB credit-card complaint data, no company key matched Chelsea Savings 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 a Chelsea Savings Bank charge-off stay on my credit report?
The FCRA ceiling is roughly seven years measured from the date of first delinquency on the Chelsea Savings Bank account. Charging the balance off, selling it, or transferring it to a servicer does not restart that clock. If the date of first delinquency moves forward, that is re-aging, and it is itself an FCRA violation worth disputing.
What is the difference between disputing with Chelsea Savings Bank and disputing with a collector?
Chelsea Savings Bank is the original creditor and holds the underlying file — application, statements, posting history. A collector typically receives a data file, not the original paperwork. Disputing directly with Chelsea Savings Bank under §623 puts the question to the party that can actually check it against source documents.
Does Chelsea Savings Bank report to all three credit bureaus?
There is no legal requirement to furnish to every bureau, and a bank operating 5 offices often does not. Pull all three files and compare them. With Chelsea Savings Bank, a balance that differs between bureaus usually reflects different refresh dates; an account status or date of first delinquency that differs is the real signal worth disputing.
Chelsea Savings Bank changed names or was acquired — why does my report show two accounts?
One account showing twice is a classic conversion artifact. Chelsea Savings Bank has operated since 1936, and a charter of that age 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 explicitly.
Can I dispute a Chelsea Savings Bank account myself without paying anyone?
Yes. Both the §611 bureau dispute and the §623 direct dispute to Chelsea Savings Bank are free and available to you directly. No company can do anything for you that you cannot do yourself, and nobody can lawfully promise you a specific result. Anything accurate and timely stays on the report.
Where is Chelsea Savings Bank headquartered, and does that affect my dispute?
Chelsea Savings Bank is headquartered in Belle Plaine, Iowa, with 5 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 Chelsea Savings 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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