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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 17,106 complaints

Capital ONE Financial Corporation - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 53 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Capital ONE Financial Corporation

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record capital-one-financial-corporation Capital ONE Financial Corporation

Grade D · 17,106 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #10 · compose #184

  • VOL 17,106
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 3,932
  • STATES 53
  • TIMELY 100%
  • DISPUTE 13%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #10
  • COMPOSE #184

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Transworld Systems Inc (16,283 complaints)

Kriya Capital, LLCKriya Capital, LLC13,730National Credit Systems,Inc.National Credit Systems,Inc.15,649Transworld Systems IncTransworld Systems Inc16,283Capital ONE Financial Corporation (this)Capital ONE Financial Corpor…17,106I.C. System, Inc.I.C. System, Inc.18,629
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Capital ONE Financial Corporation's 17,106 CFPB complaints sit next to Transworld Systems 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 →

How the 17,106 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Capital ONE Financial Corporation, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
54.2/100
Capital ONE Financial Corporation

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume F
17,106
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
100%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
13%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend C
Stable
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Distributed filing map

Capital ONE Financial Corporation spreads filings across 53 states - California leads at only 10.6%

Figures below come from this collector's company_states / company_monthly rows and corpus RankMaps. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography
Lead state under 15%
California still leads at 10.6% across 53 states
Seasonal peak
2026-01 8.5%
8–15% band · 294 filings
Corpus ranks
#10 volume
#184 composite
Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 536 scored collectors with 200+ complaints

How does Capital ONE Financial Corporation compare to its peers?

How does CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
3,932
4,190
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
100%
100%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
13%
10%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy Capital ONE Financial Corporation a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 11 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 80%85%90%95%100%105% 0%5%10%15%20%25%30% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Capital ONE Financial Corporation vs. 10 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Capital ONE Financial CorporationTRANSWORLD SYSTEMS INCNational Credit Systems,Inc.I.C. System, Inc.Kriya Capital, LLCSYNCHRONY FINANCIALCCS Financial Services, Inc.CITIBANK, N.A.ERCBread Financial Holdings, Inc.CAINE & WEINER COMPANY, INC.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Capital ONE Financial Corporation's complaint volume in context

Capital ONE Financial Corporation vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

17,106 Top 1% higher than 100% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Below this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Below this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Below this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Below this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). This entry sits in this band. Capital ONE Financial Corporation 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Stable →
2024-04 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
6,968
Written notification about debt
2,455
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
2,413
False statements or representation
1,891
Communication tactics
1,373
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
765
Disclosure verification of debt
594
Taking/threatening an illegal action
204
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
166
Improper contact or sharing of info
148

Where do complaints against Capital ONE Financial Corporation come from?

Capital ONE Financial Corporation's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Capital ONE Financial Corporation

Across 53 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Capital ONE Financial Corporation: 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: 17,106.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.9057907298078%.

4 peers

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

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