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

CFPB complaint data Grade C 556 complaints

EdFinancial Services - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 41 states, reputation grade C.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about EdFinancial Services

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record edfinancial-services EdFinancial Services

Grade C · 556 CFPB filings · 92% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #250 · compose #51

  • VOL 556
  • GRADE C
  • 12MO 359
  • STATES 41
  • TIMELY 92%
  • DISPUTE 0%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #250
  • COMPOSE #51

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Law Office of Michael J. Scott, PC (556 complaints)

Oportun Financial CorporationOportun Financial Corporation555Law Office of Michael J. Scott, PCLaw Office of Michael J. Sco…556Monarch Recovery Holdings, Inc.Monarch Recovery Holdings, I…556EdFinancial Services (this)EdFinancial Services (this)556CarMax, Inc.CarMax, Inc.557
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

EdFinancial Services's 556 CFPB complaints sit next to Law Office of Michael J. Scott, PC 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 556 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for EdFinancial Services, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

C
Composite reputation score
56.7/100
EdFinancial Services

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
556
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
92%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
0%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend D
Rising
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Distributed filing map

EdFinancial Services spreads filings across 41 states - Texas leads at only 14.0%

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%
Texas still leads at 14.0% across 41 states
Seasonal peak
2026-01 10.2%
8–15% band · 43 filings
Corpus ranks
#250 volume
#51 composite
Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 536 scored collectors with 200+ complaints

How does EdFinancial Services compare to its peers?

How does EdFinancial Services compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
EdFinancial Services National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
359
134
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
92%
98%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
30%
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 EdFinancial Services a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 10 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%10%20%30%40% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) EdFinancial Services vs. 9 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate EdFinancial ServicesLaw Office of Michael J. Scott, PCMonarch Recovery Holdings, Inc.CarMax, Inc.OPORTUN FINANCIAL CORPORATIONThaxton Investment CorporationCOMMUNITY CHOICE FINANCIAL, INC.RS Clark and Associates, Inc.American Credit Acceptance, LLCCollection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

EdFinancial Services's complaint volume in context

EdFinancial Services 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)

556 Top 5% higher than 95% 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. EdFinancial Services 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Rising ↑
2024-04 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
230
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
181
False statements or representation
75
Written notification about debt
47
Communication tactics
8
Electronic communications
8
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
3
Disclosure verification of debt
1

Where do complaints against EdFinancial Services come from?

EdFinancial Services's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against EdFinancial Services

Across 41 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 EdFinancial Services: 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: 556.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 91.5766738660907%.

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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