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

CFPB complaint data Grade B 14 complaints

Friendly Finance Corporation - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 8 states, reputation grade B.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Friendly Finance Corporation

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record friendly-finance-corporation Friendly Finance Corporation

Grade B · 14 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Communication tactics

  • VOL 14
  • GRADE B
  • 12MO 2
  • STATES 8
  • TIMELY 100%
  • DISPUTE 25%
  • ISSUE Communication tactics
  • RANK #2,194
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 4 Star Resolution LLC (Closed) (14 complaints)

4 Star Resolution LLC (Closed)4 Star Resolution LLC (Close…14ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc.ABC Credit & Recovery Servic…14Advanced Portfolio Group LLCAdvanced Portfolio Group LLC14Alternative Collections LLCAlternative Collections LLC14Friendly Finance Corporation (this)Friendly Finance Corporation…14
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Friendly Finance Corporation's 14 CFPB complaints sit next to 4 Star Resolution LLC (Closed) 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 14 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Friendly Finance Corporation, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

B
Composite reputation score
65.9/100
Friendly Finance 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 C
14
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
25%
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.

State-heavy filing map

35.7% of Friendly Finance Corporation's CFPB filings land in Maryland

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state
Maryland 35.7%
5 of 14 filings · 8 states touched
Seasonal peak
2023-11 10.5%
8–15% band · 2 filings
Corpus ranks
#2,194 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Friendly Finance Corporation compare to its peers?

How does Friendly Finance 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
Friendly Finance Corporation National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
2
13
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
100%
100%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
25%
0%
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 Friendly Finance Corporation a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 6 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 85%90%95%100%105% 0%10%20%30%40% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Friendly Finance Corporation vs. 5 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Friendly Finance CorporationHammerman & Hultgren, P.C.Deatrick & Spies PSCHarvest Strategy Group, Inc.Credit Plus IncInnovis
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Friendly Finance Corporation's complaint volume in context

Friendly Finance 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)

14 60th percentile higher than 60% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). This entry sits in this band. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Above this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 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. Friendly Finance Corporation 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2020-11 2026-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Communication tactics
5
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
4
Attempts to collect debt not owed
1
Written notification about debt
1
False statements or representation
1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
1
Taking/threatening an illegal action
1

Where do complaints against Friendly Finance Corporation come from?

Friendly Finance Corporation's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Friendly Finance Corporation

Across 8 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 Friendly Finance 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: 14.

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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