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

CFPB complaint data Grade C 41 complaints

First Horizon Bank - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 16 states, reputation grade C.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about First Horizon Bank

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record first-horizon-bank First Horizon Bank

Grade C · 41 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

  • VOL 41
  • GRADE C
  • 12MO 7
  • STATES 16
  • TIMELY 100%
  • DISPUTE 40%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #1,321
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Forster, Garbus and Garbus (41 complaints)

Forster, Garbus and GarbusForster, Garbus and Garbus41Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLCGuardian Capital Management …41JMD,LLCJMD,LLC41Komyatte & Casbon, P.C.Komyatte & Casbon, P.C.41First Horizon Bank (this)First Horizon Bank (this)41
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

First Horizon Bank's 41 CFPB complaints sit next to Forster, Garbus and Garbus 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 41 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for First Horizon Bank, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

C
Composite reputation score
55.9/100
First Horizon Bank

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 D
41
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 B
40%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Spiky monthly series

Tennessee is the plurality state for First Horizon Bank (26.8%)

Peak share is this collector's company_monthly maximum divided by its own stored monthly total. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state
Tennessee 26.8%
Mid-band (15–30%) · 16 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month
2018-04 15.0%
3 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks
#1,321 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does First Horizon Bank compare to its peers?

How does FIRST HORIZON 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
FIRST HORIZON BANK National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
7
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
100%
95%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
40%
25%
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 First Horizon Bank a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 8 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%50% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) First Horizon Bank vs. 7 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate First Horizon BankForster, Garbus and GarbusGUARDIAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT HAWAII, LLCJMD,LLCKomyatte & Casbon, P.C.NCS, IncPrimary Financial Services L.L.C.Robinson & Hoover
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

First Horizon Bank's complaint volume in context

First Horizon Bank 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)

41 Top 24% higher than 76% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. First Horizon Bank 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2014-12 2021-05

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
22
Communication tactics
5
Written notification about debt
4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
3
False statements or representation
3
Improper contact or sharing of info
2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
1
Disclosure verification of debt
1

Where do complaints against First Horizon Bank come from?

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

Top states by complaints against First Horizon Bank

Across 16 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 First Horizon 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: 41.

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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