What is the most common complaint against Associated Banc-Corp?

The most common issue consumers report about Associated Banc-Corp is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt was result of identity theft". This is based on 23 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Associated Banc-Corp increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Associated Banc-Corp have been stable. The company received 6 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Associated Banc-Corp's reputation grade?

Associated Banc-Corp has a reputation grade of D (score: 55.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Associated Banc-Corp respond to consumer complaints?

Associated Banc-Corp has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 57% of cases.

In how many states does Associated Banc-Corp operate?

Associated Banc-Corp has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 7 states, with the most complaints from Wisconsin (15 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Associated Banc-Corp - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 7 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

8
Written notification about debt

4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

3
False statements or representation

2
Disclosure verification of debt

2
Taking/threatening an illegal action

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record associated-banc-corp Associated Banc-Corp

Grade D · 23 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1761 · compose #3294

VOL 23
GRADE D
12MO 6
STATES 7
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 57%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,761
COMPOSE #3,294

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Acceptance Solutions Group, INC (23 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Associated Banc-Corp's 23 CFPB complaints sit next to Acceptance Solutions Group, INC on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

State-heavy filing map

65.2% of Associated Banc-Corp's CFPB filings land in Wisconsin

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Associated Banc-Corp is volume #1,761 but composite #3,294, while Wisconsin dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Wisconsin 65.2%; 15 of 23 filings · 7 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2025-10 8.6%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,761 volume; #3,294 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,533 places worse than volume

How does Associated Banc-Corp compare to its peers?

How does ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

87%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

57%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2022-07 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	8
Written notification about debt	4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	3
False statements or representation	2
Disclosure verification of debt	2
Taking/threatening an illegal action	2
Communication tactics	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Associated Banc-Corp come from?

Associated Banc-Corp's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Wisconsin

15
Illinois

3
Minnesota

1
Nevada

1
New York

1
Ohio

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Associated Banc-Corp: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 23.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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