What is the most common complaint against Barclays Bank Delaware?

The most common issue consumers report about Barclays Bank Delaware is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Threatened or suggested your credit would be damaged". This is based on 2,830 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Barclays Bank Delaware increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Barclays Bank Delaware are rising. The company received 1,066 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Barclays Bank Delaware's reputation grade?

Barclays Bank Delaware has a reputation grade of D (score: 53.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Barclays Bank Delaware respond to consumer complaints?

Barclays Bank Delaware has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 18% of cases.

In how many states does Barclays Bank Delaware operate?

Barclays Bank Delaware has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 52 states, with the most complaints from California (408 complaints).

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

Barclays Bank Delaware - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 52 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

982
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

807
Written notification about debt

317
False statements or representation

223
Communication tactics

214
Disclosure verification of debt

115

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record barclays-bank-delaware Barclays Bank Delaware

Grade D · 2,830 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #58 · compose #3583

VOL 2,830
GRADE D
12MO 1,066
STATES 52
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 18%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #58
COMPOSE #3,583

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Security Credit Services, LLC (2,805 complaints)

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

Barclays Bank Delaware's 2,830 CFPB complaints sit next to Security Credit Services, LLC 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 →

Distributed filing map

Barclays Bank Delaware spreads filings across 52 states - California leads at only 14.4%

Despite a broad state map, Barclays Bank Delaware still sits volume #58 against composite #3,583 - the two RankMaps diverge by 3,525 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; California still leads at 14.4% across 52 states
Seasonal peak: 2019-12 11.3%; 8–15% band · 7 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #58 volume; #3,583 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,525 places worse than volume

How does Barclays Bank Delaware compare to its peers?

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

BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

1,066

1,065

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

18%

28%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2019-12 2022-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	982
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	807
Written notification about debt	317
False statements or representation	223
Communication tactics	214
Disclosure verification of debt	115
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	105
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	26
Improper contact or sharing of info	25
Taking/threatening an illegal action	14

Where do complaints against Barclays Bank Delaware come from?

Barclays Bank Delaware's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

408
Florida

365
New York

312
Texas

261
Georgia

133
Pennsylvania

104
New Jersey

93
North Carolina

90

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Barclays Bank Delaware: 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: 2,830.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 100%.

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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