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

CFPB complaint data Grade C 158 complaints

Lobel Financial Corporation - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 21 states, reputation grade C.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Lobel Financial Corporation

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record lobel-financial-corporation Lobel Financial Corporation

Grade C · 158 CFPB filings · 99% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

  • VOL 158
  • GRADE C
  • 12MO 49
  • STATES 21
  • TIMELY 99%
  • DISPUTE 24%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #641
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Arnold Scott Harris, P.C. (158 complaints)

Arnold Scott Harris, P.C.Arnold Scott Harris, P.C.158Collection Services of Athens, Inc.Collection Services of Athen…158Law Offices of Robert J. Colclough, IIILaw Offices of Robert J. Col…158Lobel Financial Corporation (this)Lobel Financial Corporation …158Debt Co LLCDebt Co LLC159
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Lobel Financial Corporation's 158 CFPB complaints sit next to Arnold Scott Harris, P.C. 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 158 complaints break down

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

Reputation score breakdown

C
Composite reputation score
55.9/100
Lobel Financial 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 F
158
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
99%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate B
24%
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.

State-heavy filing map

41.1% of Lobel Financial Corporation's CFPB filings land in California

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

Dominant state
California 41.1%
65 of 158 filings · 21 states touched
Seasonal peak
2024-07 12.8%
8–15% band · 5 filings
Corpus ranks
#641 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Lobel Financial Corporation compare to its peers?

How does LOBEL FINANCIAL 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
LOBEL FINANCIAL CORPORATION National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
49
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
99%
82%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
24%
29%
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 Lobel Financial Corporation 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 60%70%80%90%100%110% 0%10%20%30%40% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Lobel Financial Corporation vs. 7 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Lobel Financial CorporationCOLLECTION SERVICES OF ATHENS, INC.Law Offices of Robert J. Colclough, IIIArnold Scott Harris, P.C.DRB-40, LLCWestern-Shamrock CorporationYSA ARM LLC DBA Oxygen XLHEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS INC
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Lobel Financial Corporation's complaint volume in context

Lobel Financial 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)

158 Top 12% higher than 88% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. Lobel Financial Corporation 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Rising ↑
2021-11 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
44
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
39
Written notification about debt
27
False statements or representation
26
Disclosure verification of debt
5
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
5
Communication tactics
4
Improper contact or sharing of info
4
Taking/threatening an illegal action
3
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
1

Where do complaints against Lobel Financial Corporation come from?

Lobel Financial Corporation's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Lobel Financial Corporation

Across 21 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 Lobel Financial 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: 158.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 98.65771812080537%.

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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