CFPB Consumer Complaint Profile
Financial Assistance Inc
Consumers have filed complaints with the CFPB against this company, a record that maps out how disputes over credit, billing and collections tend to unfold.
Data updated 2026-08-14
- 282
- Total complaints
- Above average
- 54
- Last 12 months
- 96.8%
- Timely response
- Below median
- 35
- States affected
The verdict
By CFPB complaint volume, Financial Assistance Inc is #730 out of 3,843 financial companies. For answering complaints on time it stands at the 38th percentile in the 100+ complaint peer group.
- Debt collection
- most-complained product
- WA
- state with the most complaints
Raw complaint volume, not a rate: larger institutions naturally draw more CFPB complaints because they serve more customers, and a complaint is a consumer-filed record, not a proven finding of wrongdoing.
Based on this company's own CFPB response record -- timely response, dispute rate, and relief rate, each benchmarked against every tracked company with 10+ complaints. Not a measure of product quality, pricing, or company size.
Financial Assistance Inc vs. all companies by on-time response rate
Every company with 100+ CFPB complaints on file (1,335 total)
96.8% Around the middle higher than 38% of 1,335 companies
companies with 100+ CFPB complaints, bucketed by value
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Source Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database · 2026-08-14
What changed
CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2024 to 2025 complete years
- Annual CFPB complaint volume moved from 57 in 2024 to 67 in 2025 (2024 → 2025).
Reading this profile
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Complaints by Product
Top Issues
Complaints by Year
| Year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 12 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 20 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 26 |
| 2023 | 40 |
| 2024 | 57 |
| 2025 | 67 |
| 2026year in progress | 7 |
Complaints by State (Top 15)
Company Responses
What the CFPB Complaint Record Shows for Financial Assistance Inc
The CFPB Consumer Complaint Database shows a multi-regional complaint footprint for Financial Assistance Inc, with consumers across the country filing against it. No product draws more complaints than "Debt collection," which sits at the top of the product breakdown. The specific issue named most within that category is "Attempts to collect debt not owed," a reasonable starting point for understanding recurring friction.
Timely response is the share of CFPB-forwarded complaints that receive a company reply within the 15-day window the Bureau expects. This company's rate clears the industry benchmark, pointing to intake and escalation processes that are working as intended. A formal dispute means the consumer contested the company's response after a case was resolved, a rough measure of how often the first resolution missed the mark. Relief means the case closed with monetary or non-monetary help for the consumer. Both rates sit in the score card above.
How to read complaint counts
Complaint counts alone do not tell the full story: larger institutions with more customers will naturally generate more complaints in absolute terms. The more informative signals are the direction of the yearly trend shown above, the state-level concentration, and the ratio of monetary-relief closures to closed-without-relief outcomes. Together, these fields provide context for reading the published CFPB record; they do not establish wrongdoing or resolve an individual dispute.
Educational data summary, not financial or legal advice. Individual complaint outcomes vary. Consumers should consult a qualified attorney or financial advisor for guidance on a specific dispute.
Nationwide companies with similar complaint volume or dispute rates
Two CFPB peer sets for Financial Assistance Inc: nearest financial companies by total complaint volume and by the share of complaints consumers mark as disputed. These are cross-firm neighborhoods, not the product-category list below.
Similar dispute rates
Nearest companies by share of complaints marked disputed (7.1% here).
Also handles Debt collection
Other companies with the same primary CFPB product category on file.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many CFPB complaints does Financial Assistance Inc have?
The CFPB has logged 282 complaints against Financial Assistance Inc to date, of which 54 came in over the last 12 months.
Does Financial Assistance Inc respond to complaints on time?
Financial Assistance Inc's CFPB timely-response rate is 96.8%. That is a strong response record by CFPB standards.
What product generates the most complaints for Financial Assistance Inc?
Among all products tied to Financial Assistance Inc, "Debt collection" accounts for the largest share of complaints (full breakdown above).
What is the most common complaint issue with Financial Assistance Inc?
"Attempts to collect debt not owed" is the single most frequently cited issue in complaints against Financial Assistance Inc - see all issues and counts above.
How do I file a complaint against Financial Assistance Inc?
You can file a complaint against Financial Assistance Inc directly with the CFPB at consumerfinance.gov/complaint. The CFPB will forward your complaint to the company and work to get you a response, typically within 15 days.
In how many states have consumers complained about Financial Assistance Inc?
Financial Assistance Inc has drawn CFPB complaints from 35 states and territories. That figure covers the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and smaller CFPB-tracked jurisdictions (Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, military postal codes), so it can run higher than the 52 states/territories with a dedicated page on this site.