What is the most common complaint against Golden 1 Credit Union, the?

The most common issue consumers report about Golden 1 Credit Union, the is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 49 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Golden 1 Credit Union, the increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Golden 1 Credit Union, the are rising. The company received 18 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Golden 1 Credit Union, the's reputation grade?

Golden 1 Credit Union, the has a reputation grade of D (score: 53.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Golden 1 Credit Union, the respond to consumer complaints?

Golden 1 Credit Union, the has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Golden 1 Credit Union, the operate?

Golden 1 Credit Union, the has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from California (46 complaints).

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

Golden 1 Credit Union, the - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

23
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

11
Written notification about debt

9
Communication tactics

3
False statements or representation

2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record golden-1-credit-union-the Golden 1 Credit Union, the

Grade D · 49 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1203 · compose #3625

VOL 49
GRADE D
12MO 18
STATES 3
TIMELY 100%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,203
COMPOSE #3,625

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Account Recovery Specialists, Inc. (49 complaints)

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

Golden 1 Credit Union, the's 49 CFPB complaints sit next to Account Recovery Specialists, Inc. 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 →

State-heavy filing map

93.9% of Golden 1 Credit Union, the's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Golden 1 Credit Union, the is volume #1,203 but composite #3,625, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 93.9%; 46 of 49 filings · 3 states touched
Spike month: 2023-03 33.3%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,203 volume; #3,625 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,422 places worse than volume

How does Golden 1 Credit Union, the compare to its peers?

How does GOLDEN 1 CREDIT UNION, THE compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

GOLDEN 1 CREDIT UNION,… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-03 2025-11

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	23
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	11
Written notification about debt	9
Communication tactics	3
False statements or representation	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Golden 1 Credit Union, the come from?

Golden 1 Credit Union, the's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

46
South Carolina

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Golden 1 Credit Union, the: 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: 49.

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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