What is the most common complaint against Deutsche Bank?

The most common issue consumers report about Deutsche Bank is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Attempted to collect wrong amount". This is based on 10 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Deutsche Bank increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Deutsche Bank are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Deutsche Bank's reputation grade?

Deutsche Bank has a reputation grade of B (score: 70.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Deutsche Bank respond to consumer complaints?

Deutsche Bank has a 90% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Deutsche Bank operate?

Deutsche Bank has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 10 states, with the most complaints from Alabama (1 complaints).

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

Deutsche Bank - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 10 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
False statements or representation

3
Written notification about debt

1
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1
Communication tactics

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record deutsche-bank Deutsche Bank

Grade B · 10 CFPB filings · 90% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #2491 · compose #1218

VOL 10
GRADE B
12MO 1
STATES 10
TIMELY 90%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,491
COMPOSE #1,218

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 208 Capital Holdings LLC (10 complaints)

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

Deutsche Bank's 10 CFPB complaints sit next to 208 Capital Holdings 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

Deutsche Bank spreads filings across 10 states - Alabama leads at only 10.0%

Despite a broad state map, Deutsche Bank still sits volume #2,491 against composite #1,218 - the two RankMaps diverge by 1,273 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; Alabama still leads at 10.0% across 10 states
Spike month: 2015-01 16.7%; 2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,491 volume; #1,218 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,273 places better than volume

How does Deutsche Bank compare to its peers?

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

Deutsche Bank National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

90%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-11 2017-12

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
False statements or representation	3
Written notification about debt	1
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
Communication tactics	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Deutsche Bank come from?

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

Alabama

1
California

1
Florida

1
Illinois

1
New York

1
Ohio

1
Oregon

1
Pennsylvania

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Deutsche Bank: 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: 10.

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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