This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.
Santander Bancorp - Debt Collector Complaint Profile
CFPB complaint profile across 1 states, reputation grade B.
Complaints by issue type
What consumers report about Santander Bancorp
- Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
3 complaints
- Improper contact or sharing of info
Improper contact or sharing of info
2 complaints
- Taking/threatening an illegal action
Taking/threatening an illegal action
2 complaints
- Communication tactics 1
Communication tactics
1 complaints
- Disclosure verification of debt 1
Disclosure verification of debt
1 complaints
Data updated September 2026
CFPB complaint disposition
CCDB record santander-bancorp Santander Bancorp
Grade B · 9 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
- VOL 9
- GRADE B
- 12MO 0
- STATES 1
- TIMELY 100%
- DISPUTE 17%
- ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
- RANK #2,643
- COMPOSE Not ranked
Volume peers
Nearest volume peer: 1st Results Billings & Collections, Inc. (9 complaints)
Santander Bancorp'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 Santander Bancorp, not just the top ones shown above.
Reputation score breakdown
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.
State-heavy filing map
77.8% of Santander Bancorp's CFPB filings land in Puerto Rico
Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.
- Dominant state
- Puerto Rico 77.8%
- 7 of 9 filings · 1 states touched
- Seasonal peak
- 2015-08 14.3%
- 8–15% band · 4 filings
- Corpus ranks
- #2,643 volume
- Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
- Volume rank among 5,420 collectors
How does Santander Bancorp compare to its peers?
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 Santander Bancorp a lower dispute rate.
Santander Bancorp's complaint volume in context
Santander Bancorp 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
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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026
Complaint Trend (24 months)
Falling ↓Issue Detail Breakdown
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | |
| Improper contact or sharing of info | |
| Taking/threatening an illegal action | |
| Communication tactics | |
| Disclosure verification of debt | |
Where do complaints against Santander Bancorp come from?
Santander Bancorp's own per-state count, not a national baseline.
Top states by complaints against Santander Bancorp
Across 1 states with at least one filing
- Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
7 complaints
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Santander Bancorp: 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.
Know your rights before responding to Santander Bancorp: FDCPA rights guide · debt validation letter · rights library.
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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| Sources | the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database |