This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.
First Portfolio Servicing Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile
CFPB complaint profile across 40 states, reputation grade F.
Complaints by issue type
What consumers report about First Portfolio Servicing Inc
- Attempts to collect debt not owed
Attempts to collect debt not owed
133 complaints
- Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
61 complaints
- False statements or representation 33
False statements or representation
33 complaints
- Written notification about debt 21
Written notification about debt
21 complaints
- Communication tactics 17
Communication tactics
17 complaints
- Electronic communications 5
Electronic communications
5 complaints
Data updated September 2026
CFPB complaint disposition
CCDB record first-portfolio-servicing-inc First Portfolio Servicing Inc
Grade F · 274 CFPB filings · 99% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #423 · compose #439
- VOL 274
- GRADE F
- 12MO 100
- STATES 40
- TIMELY 99%
- ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
- RANK #423
- COMPOSE #439
Volume peers
Nearest volume peer: Credit Bureau Systems, Inc., Paducah, KY Branch (277 complaints)
First Portfolio Servicing Inc's 274 CFPB complaints sit next to Credit Bureau Systems, Inc., Paducah, KY Branch 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 274 complaints break down
Every complaint issue type on record for First Portfolio Servicing Inc, not just the top ones shown above.
Reputation score breakdown
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.
Distributed filing map
First Portfolio Servicing Inc spreads filings across 40 states - Texas leads at only 14.2%
Peak share is this collector's company_monthly maximum divided by its own stored monthly total. Corpus placement method.
- Most-even geography
- Lead state under 15%
- Texas still leads at 14.2% across 40 states
- Spike month
- 2025-09 18.4%
- 9 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
- Corpus ranks
- #423 volume
- #439 composite
- Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 536 scored collectors with 200+ complaints
How does First Portfolio Servicing Inc compare to its peers?
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 Portfolio Servicing Inc a lower dispute rate.
First Portfolio Servicing Inc's complaint volume in context
First Portfolio Servicing Inc 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)
274 Top 8% higher than 92% of 5,420 collectors
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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026
Complaint Trend (24 months)
Rising ↑Issue Detail Breakdown
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | |
| False statements or representation | |
| Written notification about debt | |
| Communication tactics | |
| Electronic communications | |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | |
Where do complaints against First Portfolio Servicing Inc come from?
First Portfolio Servicing Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.
Top states by complaints against First Portfolio Servicing Inc
Across 40 states with at least one filing
- Texas
Texas
39 complaints
- California
California
25 complaints
- Florida
Florida
19 complaints
- Georgia
Georgia
16 complaints
- Arizona 14
Arizona
14 complaints
- Indiana 14
Indiana
14 complaints
- North Carolina 14
North Carolina
14 complaints
- Connecticut 12
Connecticut
12 complaints
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for First Portfolio Servicing Inc: 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: 274.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 98.7603305785124%.
- Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC Δ 0.0 pts · grade D 98.74849075880003%timely
- Crown Asset Management, LLC, Duluth, GA Branch Δ 0.0 pts · grade D 98.72262773722628%timely
- United Collection Bureau, Inc. Δ 0.0 pts · grade D 98.79919946631087%timely
- Arnold Scott Harris, P.C. Δ 0.0 pts · grade D 98.71794871794873%timely
Know your rights before responding to First Portfolio Servicing Inc: FDCPA rights guide · debt validation letter · rights library.
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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| Sources | the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database |