Who is complaining aboutAdding money?
When looking at complaint volume about a company or product, consider company size and/or market share. For example, companies with more customers may have more complaints than companies with fewer customers.
The CFPB does not verify every allegation in a complaint before publishing it.Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database. A complaint is a consumer's account of a problem; it is not a finding against the company.
“Adding money” is an issue label the CFPB no longer offers on its complaint form. 202 complaints carry it, received between 24 Jul 2014 and 11 Apr 2017.
Most were filed under the product “Prepaid card” (100%).
Which products
| Product (CFPB label) | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Prepaid card | 202 | 100% |
Which companies, with their size
Ordered by the number of complaints carrying this issue since 2011.
| Company (as named by the CFPB) | Complaints, all years | Share | Company size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empowerment Ventures, LLC | 91 | 45% | no public measure |
| AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY | 37 | 18.3% | $214bn assets |
| Netspend Corporation | 17 | 8.4% | no public measure |
| Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. | 17 | 8.4% | no public measure |
| Paypal Holdings, Inc | 8 | 4% | no public measure |
| Comerica | 7 | 3.5% | no public measure |
| Incomm Holdings Inc. | 5 | 2.5% | no public measure |
| U.S. BANCORP | 5 | 2.5% | $706bn assets |
| First Data Corporation | 2 | 1% | no public measure |
| Securus J Holdings, LLC | 2 | 1% | no public measure |
| WESTERN UNION COMPANY, THE | 2 | 1% | no public measure |
| Google Compare Credit Cards Inc. | 2 | 1% | no public measure |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 1 | 0.5% | $1.92tn assets |
| Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FNIS) | 1 | 0.5% | no public measure |
| CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 1 | 0.5% | $662bn assets |
| MB FINANCIAL, INC. | 1 | 0.5% | no public measure |
| MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE INC | 1 | 0.5% | no public measure |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1 | 0.5% | $4.09tn assets |
| Pending Company Match | 1 | 0.5% | no public measure |
CFPB: “When looking at complaint volume about a company or product, consider company size and/or market share. For example, companies with more customers may have more complaints than companies with fewer customers.” The CFPB does not verify every allegation in a complaint before publishing it. 5 of the 19 companies in this table have a public size measure. “No public measure” means the company could not be matched by name to a single institution in the FDIC, NCUA or HMDA files, not that it is small.
How companies responded
- Closed with explanation84 · 41.6%
- Closed with monetary relief81 · 40.1%
- Closed with non-monetary relief35 · 17.3%
- Closed2 · 1%
| Measure | This issue | All issues |
|---|---|---|
| Closed with monetary or non-monetary relief | 57.4% | 31.6% |
| Closed with monetary relief | 40.1% | 0.5% |
| Responses marked timely | 99.5% | 99.6% |
Trend
Questions and answers
What does the CFPB issue “Adding money” mean?
It is one of the options a consumer selects on the CFPB complaint form to describe the problem. The label is the consumer's choice and is not checked by the Bureau.
How many complaints carry this issue?
202, all received before 11 Apr 2017; the label is no longer offered.
Which products does it apply to?
“Prepaid card” (100%).
Does the CFPB verify complaints?
The CFPB does not verify every allegation in a complaint before publishing it. Counts on this page show what consumers reported, not what was found.
Provenance
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database, bulk file downloaded 30 Sep 2026, complaints received through 30 Sep 2026. Only coded fields are used (company, product, sub-product, issue, state, dates, company response, timeliness); complaint narratives are never read, stored or shown. Complaints are published once the company responds or after 15 days, so the most recent two to three weeks are incomplete. Size measures: FDIC BankFind (report date 30 Jun 2026), NCUA call reports (30 Jun 2026), HMDA transmittal sheet (2025), Census Bureau population estimates (2025). All are US government works. Search the CFPB database · Methodology · Report an error.