This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
Complaints in Illinois
State Insight: First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. in Illinois
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. has accumulated 2 CFPB consumer complaints filed by Illinois residents, which represents 66.7% of the company's national total of 3 complaints - an outsized slice of this collector's national complaint footprint.
Nationally, First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. is active across 2 states nationwide, and 100% of national complaints received a timely CFPB response. The CFPB Consumer Complaint Database records narratives submitted directly by consumers and forwarded to the company for response; these submissions reflect allegations and consumer experience rather than adjudicated findings. A high complaint concentration in one state can signal localized collection activity, a regional servicing contract, or simply the state's share of the company's overall portfolio, context that typically requires pairing with population-adjusted rates to interpret. The state-specific total supports a descriptive comparison, not an assessment of conduct or a legal outcome.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · Window: full history · Coverage: Illinois only (see national profile for cross-state context)
National Overview
Consumer Tip
Under the FDCPA, debt collectors must mail you written notice within 5 days of first contact. You have 30 days to dispute the debt in writing. If you dispute, the collector must stop collection until they provide verification.
Data from CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. Complaints are consumer-submitted and not independently verified.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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How To Read This Page
This page summarizes the federal CFPB complaint record for First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. from Illinois residents specifically. The 2 state complaints represent 66.7% of the collector's national total (3), reflecting how concentrated this collector's exposure is in Illinois. A high state-share can reflect a regional concentration in the collector's portfolio or differences in where consumers use the federal complaint channel. This dataset cannot determine the cause.
State Law and the FDCPA
The federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA, 15 U.S.C. § 1692) applies to third-party debt collectors and credit-reporting agencies in Illinois the same way it applies in every state. This CFPB complaint dataset does not contain a verified, current record of Illinois debt-collection law, licensing, or filing deadlines. Check an official state government source or a qualified attorney before relying on a state-specific right, deadline, or complaint route.
Filing Your Own Complaint
If your experience with First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. reflects FDCPA violations (harassment, threatening lawsuits the company has no intention of filing, third-party disclosure of the debt, contacting you at work after a documented request to stop, attempting to collect on debt you do not recognize, debt past the statute of limitations, or debt previously paid or discharged), you can file at the federal CFPB at consumerfinance.gov/complaint. The CFPB will forward your complaint to First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., which must respond within 15 days. Your complaint becomes part of the federal dataset that powers these pages, you are both a beneficiary of and a contributor to the federal record.
Methodology Note
State-of-residence in the CFPB dataset reflects where the consumer was when filing, not where First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. is headquartered. National collectors operate from a small number of corporate addresses but appear on every state's per-state page when consumers from that state file. The 2 Illinois complaints therefore reflect consumer experience in Illinois, not the collector's local operational footprint.
Reading This Page Alongside the National Profile
Every figure on this page is a per-state slice of the national record for First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.. To understand whether the 2 Illinois complaints reflect a state-specific issue or a national pattern, compare the state share (66.7%) against the underlying state-population share. If your state's share of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.'s national complaint volume materially exceeds your state's share of the national population, that signals concentrated activity in this state - which can indicate a disproportionate share of this collector's complaint filings in the dataset. It does not identify the reason for that difference or establish a compliance issue. The collector's main company profile shows the national context for the same metrics.
What This Page Does Not Show
This view reports the CFPB data only. It does not aggregate state regulator complaints, court records, or state-law sources for First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.. Any additional source should be reviewed for its scope, date, and authority before it is compared with the federal record that anchors these reputation grades.
Every figure on PlainCollector is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.
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