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

CFPB complaint data Grade C 305 complaints

Sequoia Financial Services - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 24 states, reputation grade C.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Sequoia Financial Services

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record sequoia-financial-services Sequoia Financial Services

Grade C · 305 CFPB filings · 96% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #392 · compose #18

  • VOL 305
  • GRADE C
  • 12MO 44
  • STATES 24
  • TIMELY 96%
  • DISPUTE 0%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #392
  • COMPOSE #18

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Quality Asset Recovery LLC (305 complaints)

United PanAm Financial Corp.United PanAm Financial Corp.304Quality Asset Recovery LLCQuality Asset Recovery LLC305Sequoia Financial Services (this)Sequoia Financial Services (…305Pennymac Loan Services, LLC.Pennymac Loan Services, LLC.306Pendrick Capital Partners Holding, LLCPendrick Capital Partners Ho…307
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Sequoia Financial Services's 305 CFPB complaints sit next to Quality Asset Recovery LLC 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 305 complaints break down

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

Reputation score breakdown

C
Composite reputation score
58.1/100
Sequoia Financial Services

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
305
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
96%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
0%
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.

State-heavy filing map

65.2% of Sequoia Financial Services'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 65.2%
199 of 305 filings · 24 states touched
Seasonal peak
2025-04 10.7%
8–15% band · 8 filings
Corpus ranks
#392 volume
#18 composite
Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 536 scored collectors with 200+ complaints

How does Sequoia Financial Services compare to its peers?

How does Sequoia Financial Services compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
Sequoia Financial Services National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
44
13
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
96%
99%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
15%
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 Sequoia Financial Services a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 11 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%5%10%15%20%25% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Sequoia Financial Services vs. 10 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Sequoia Financial ServicesQuality Asset Recovery LLCUnited PanAm Financial Corp.PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC.Media Collections, IncProfessional Credit Management, IncPendrick Capital Partners Holding, LLCInternational Computer Systems, Inc.Nelson Cruz & Associates LLCSelip & Stylianou, LLPGrant Mercantile Agency
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Sequoia Financial Services's complaint volume in context

Sequoia Financial Services 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)

305 Top 7% higher than 93% 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%). Below this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). This entry sits in this band. Sequoia Financial Services 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2024-03 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
174
Written notification about debt
51
False statements or representation
33
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
30
Communication tactics
11
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
5
Disclosure verification of debt
1

Where do complaints against Sequoia Financial Services come from?

Sequoia Financial Services's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Sequoia Financial Services

Across 24 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 Sequoia Financial Services: 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: 305.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 95.8477508650519%.

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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