What is the most common complaint against Pono Ventures Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Pono Ventures Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Contacted your employer". This is based on 9 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Pono Ventures Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Pono Ventures Inc. are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Pono Ventures Inc.'s reputation grade?

Pono Ventures Inc. has a reputation grade of F (score: 45.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Pono Ventures Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Pono Ventures Inc. has a 89% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 100% of cases.

In how many states does Pono Ventures Inc. operate?

Pono Ventures Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 7 states, with the most complaints from Hawaii (2 complaints).

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

Pono Ventures Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 7 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

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

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 #2632 · compose #4540

VOL 9
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 7
TIMELY 89%
DISPUTE 100%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,632
COMPOSE #4,540

Volume peers

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

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 →

Spiky monthly series

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

The 2015-06 spike coincides with a 1,908-place gap between volume rank #2,632 and composite #4,540. 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)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,632 volume; #4,540 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,908 places worse than volume

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

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

89%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

100%

22%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

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.

Hawaii

2
Texas

2
Alabama

1
California

1
Illinois

1
Nevada

1
Oregon

1

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.

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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