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

CFPB complaint data Grade F 9 complaints

Pono Ventures Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 7 states, reputation grade F.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Pono Ventures Inc.

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record pono-ventures-inc Pono Ventures Inc.

Grade F · 9 CFPB filings · 89% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

  • VOL 9
  • GRADE F
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 7
  • TIMELY 89%
  • DISPUTE 100%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #2,632
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 1st Results Billings & Collections, Inc. (9 complaints)

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

Pono Ventures Inc.'s 9 CFPB complaints sit next to 1st Results Billings & Collections, 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 →

How the 9 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Pono Ventures Inc., not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

F
Composite reputation score
45.9/100
Pono Ventures Inc.

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
9
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
89%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate F
100%
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

Hawaii is the plurality state for Pono Ventures Inc. (22.2%)

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

Plurality state
Hawaii 22.2%
Mid-band (15–30%) · 7 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month
2015-06 25.0%
1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks
#2,632 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Pono Ventures Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Pono Ventures Inc. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
Pono Ventures Inc. National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
89%
89%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
100%
22%
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 Pono Ventures Inc. a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 7 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 40%60%80%100%120% 0%50%100%150% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Pono Ventures Inc. vs. 6 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Pono Ventures Inc.Penncro Associates, Inc.RMI Services, LLCNortheast Receivables Management, LLCRegional Collection Services, Inc.Neiman, Stone & McCormick , P.C.Revenue Collection Bureau, Inc.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Pono Ventures Inc.'s complaint volume in context

Pono Ventures 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)

9 51st percentile higher than 51% 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. Pono Ventures Inc. 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2015-06 2019-04

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
2
Written notification about debt
1
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
1
False statements or representation
1
Communication tactics
1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
1
Disclosure verification of debt
1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
1

Where do complaints against Pono Ventures Inc. come from?

Pono Ventures Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Pono Ventures Inc.

Across 7 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 Pono Ventures 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: 9.

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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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