Deerwood Bank on Your Credit Report
In short: Deerwood Bank is a state-chartered commercial bank that is not a member of the Federal Reserve System, supervised by the FDIC and its state regulator. The FDIC record lists certificate 5123, a charter dating to 1910, headquarters in Waite Park, MN, and 14 FDIC-reported offices holding $1.52 billion in assets as of 06/30/2026. When Deerwood Bank reports an account, it is the furnisher of record, and FCRA §623 obliges it to investigate a dispute you send straight to the bank rather than only through a bureau. 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 Deerwood Bank actually is
Charter details above are from the FDIC BankFind public database.
What makes this creditor different
Deerwood Bank appears in the FDIC's active-institution file as certificate 5123, established March 21, 1910. As of the 06/30/2026 call report it carried $1.52 billion in total assets and 14 FDIC-reported offices, an average of about $108 million per office.
How Deerwood Bank appears on your credit report
Deerwood Bank furnishes its own tradelines rather than selling them to a servicer, and at $1.52 billion over 14 FDIC-reported offices it does so from a single MN operation. A 116-year-old charter of this size often carries accounts through legacy core systems, which is exactly where date and status fields get mangled — so ask in writing what the furnished date of first delinquency is and compare it against your own records.
Names it may report under
Products that commonly show up
- ◆Deposit-secured and share-secured credit lines opened at Deerwood Bank
- ◆Home-equity lines and mortgage accounts serviced under the Deerwood Bank name
- ◆Personal installment loans originated at Deerwood Bank offices
Grounds to dispute a Deerwood Bank entry
Each of these is a reason a Deerwood Bank tradeline may be inaccurate or unverifiable. None of them assures removal — they are the angles worth checking on your own report.
- ◆Loan modified or deferred by Deerwood Bank but still reporting the original delinquent status
- ◆Escrow or fee advance reported as a missed consumer payment
- ◆Paid-off Deerwood Bank installment loan still showing a balance after the final payment cleared
- ◆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
Deerwood 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, Deerwood 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 Deerwood Bank a direct written dispute. It must investigate and must not continue reporting information it knows is inaccurate. Keep copies and proof of delivery.
Deerwood Bank questions, answered
Is Deerwood Bank FDIC-insured, and what is its certificate number?
Yes. Deerwood Bank holds FDIC certificate 5123. The FDIC record shows a charter established March 21, 1910, headquarters in Waite Park, MN, and 14 FDIC-reported offices with $1.52 billion in total assets as of the 06/30/2026 call report. It is a state-chartered commercial bank that is not a member of the Federal Reserve System, supervised by the FDIC and its state regulator.
Who regulates Deerwood Bank, and where do I escalate if a dispute fails?
Deerwood Bank is a state-chartered commercial bank that is not a member of the Federal Reserve System, supervised by the FDIC and its state regulator, so its primary federal oversight comes from the FDIC, working alongside the state banking department. If a dispute with the bank and the bureaus both fail, you can complain to the FDIC, to the MN state regulator, or to the CFPB. That does not replace your FCRA rights — it is an escalation path on top of them.
How old is the Deerwood Bank charter, and why does that matter for my credit report?
Deerwood Bank's charter predates the Federal Reserve (1913) and federal deposit insurance (1933) entirely — it was established in 1910 and later became an FDIC-insured institution. A charter that old frequently sits behind decades of mergers, so an old account may have been opened under a predecessor name. If the tradeline you are disputing shows a name you do not recognise, ask Deerwood Bank in writing which predecessor institution originated it; the furnisher is obliged to report the account accurately regardless of how many name changes it has been through.
How big is Deerwood Bank, and what does that mean for disputing an account?
Deerwood Bank reports $1.52 billion across 14 FDIC-reported offices — roughly $108 million per office. The FDIC's office figure counts all reported locations, including non-retail ones such as loan-production sites, so it should be read as a reported footprint rather than a branch count. For a dispute, the practical point is that an institution this size normally handles consumer files with identifiable staff rather than a fully automated queue.
How do I dispute a Deerwood Bank account on my credit report?
You have two free routes and you can use both yourself without paying anyone. Under FCRA §611 you may dispute with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, and under FCRA §623 you may dispute directly with Deerwood Bank as the furnisher. Put it in writing, identify the account by its last four digits and open date, state specifically what is inaccurate rather than simply saying you disagree, and keep copies and proof of delivery. Whether an item changes depends entirely on what Deerwood Bank can verify, and results vary from case to case.
Does MN law change anything about a Deerwood Bank account?
Keep two clocks separate. The FCRA reporting window is federal and does not vary by state. Your state's statute of limitations — how long anyone can successfully sue you — is separate and independent: a debt can be too old to sue over yet still report legitimately, or drop off your report while remaining collectable. Deerwood Bank being headquartered in Waite Park, MN does not make MN law automatically yours; the limitation period usually follows where you live and what the contract says. Check your own state's rule, and note that making a payment restarts that clock in many states.
How long can a Deerwood Bank account stay on my credit report?
The FCRA window runs about seven years from the date of first delinquency — the first payment you missed on the Deerwood Bank account and never caught up on. It does not run from the charge-off date, the sale date, or the date Deerwood Bank last updated the tradeline. Watch for re-aging: if the furnished date drifts later than your own records show, dispute the date itself, because that is an accuracy problem independent of the balance.
Does Deerwood Bank appear in the CFPB complaint database?
We do not publish a complaint figure for Deerwood Bank. The CFPB database is keyed to company names that do not map cleanly onto FDIC certificate 5123, and attributing another company's complaint volume to this bank would be inaccurate. If you want to check for yourself, search the CFPB's public complaint database directly by company name. If you have an unresolved problem with this bank you can also file your own complaint there at no cost.
What is the difference between disputing with Deerwood Bank and disputing with a collection agency?
The distinction decides which statute you are using. Deerwood Bank is the original creditor and the furnisher of the tradeline, so your route is FCRA §623 — a duty to report accurately, with no 30-day validation window attached. A debt collector that later acquires the account is covered by the FDCPA instead, and FDCPA §809 gives you a validation demand within 30 days of its first contact. Read the furnisher name on your report first; a validation letter sent to Deerwood Bank is aimed at the wrong statute.
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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 Deerwood 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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