Wood & Huston Bank on Your Credit Report
In short: Headquartered in Marshall, MO, Wood & Huston Bank has operated under FDIC certificate 1060 since its charter was established in 1874. Its 06/30/2026 call report shows $1.23 billion in total assets and 12 FDIC-reported offices. 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. When Wood & Huston 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 Wood & Huston Bank actually is
Charter details above are from the FDIC BankFind public database.
What makes this creditor different
FDIC certificate 1060 belongs to Wood & Huston Bank, a state bank headquartered in Marshall, MO since its charter was established in 1874. The 06/30/2026 call report puts it at $1.23 billion in assets spread across 12 FDIC-reported offices — roughly $103 million each.
How Wood & Huston Bank appears on your credit report
With $1.23 billion across 12 FDIC-reported offices, Wood & Huston Bank sits well below the national card issuers in scale. That matters for a dispute: a regional bank in Marshall, MO is more likely to route your letter to a named person than to an automated queue, so citing the specific field in error — balance, status, date of first delinquency — usually gets further than a blanket denial of the debt.
Names it may report under
Products that commonly show up
- ◆Home-equity lines and mortgage accounts serviced under the Wood & Huston Bank name
- ◆Personal installment loans originated at Wood & Huston Bank offices
- ◆Agricultural and equipment loans carried on the consumer file when personally obligated
Grounds to dispute a Wood & Huston Bank entry
Each of these is a reason a Wood & Huston Bank tradeline may be inaccurate or unverifiable. None of them assures removal — they are the angles worth checking on your own report.
- ◆Business loan reporting on a personal credit file with no personal pledge on record
- ◆Automatic-payment enrolment that lapsed at Wood & Huston Bank without notice, producing a late mark
- ◆Account transferred between Wood & Huston Bank systems after a core conversion and duplicated
- ◆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
Wood & Huston 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, Wood & Huston 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 Wood & Huston Bank a direct written dispute. It must investigate and must not continue reporting information it knows is inaccurate. Keep copies and proof of delivery.
Wood & Huston Bank questions, answered
Is Wood & Huston Bank FDIC-insured, and what is its certificate number?
Yes. Wood & Huston Bank holds FDIC certificate 1060. The FDIC record shows a charter established February 12, 1874, headquarters in Marshall, MO, and 12 FDIC-reported offices with $1.23 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 Wood & Huston Bank, and where do I escalate if a dispute fails?
Wood & Huston 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 MO 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 Wood & Huston Bank charter, and why does that matter for my credit report?
Wood & Huston Bank's charter predates the Federal Reserve (1913) and federal deposit insurance (1933) entirely — it was established in 1874 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 Wood & Huston 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 Wood & Huston Bank, and what does that mean for disputing an account?
Wood & Huston Bank reports $1.23 billion across 12 FDIC-reported offices — roughly $103 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 Wood & Huston 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 Wood & Huston 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 Wood & Huston Bank can verify, and results vary from case to case.
Does MO law change anything about a Wood & Huston 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. Wood & Huston Bank being headquartered in Marshall, MO does not make MO 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 Wood & Huston Bank account stay on my credit report?
Generally up to seven years from the date of first delinquency on that Wood & Huston Bank account — the original missed payment that was never brought current — not seven years from when it was charged off, sold, or last updated. Transferring the account to another servicer does not restart it either. If Wood & Huston Bank or a later owner has moved that date forward, the re-aging is itself an FCRA inaccuracy and is worth disputing on its own, separately from whether you owe the balance.
Does Wood & Huston Bank appear in the CFPB complaint database?
We do not publish a complaint figure for Wood & Huston Bank. The CFPB database is keyed to company names that do not map cleanly onto FDIC certificate 1060, 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 Wood & Huston Bank and disputing with a collection agency?
Wood & Huston Bank furnishes the account itself; a collection agency only handles it after the fact. Practically, that means the FDCPA's validation right under §809 is available against the agency but not against Wood & Huston Bank, while the FCRA §623 accuracy duty applies to Wood & Huston Bank directly. If both appear on your report for the same debt, check that they are not reporting duplicate balances — one account should not show as two open obligations.
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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 Wood & Huston 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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