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Who in Rhode Island was complaining inSeptember 2025?

1,118 complaints

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.

Consumers in Rhode Island sent the CFPB 1,118 complaints in September 2025, down 9% on the month before (1,233) and up 91% on the same month a year earlier (586).

That is 0.2% of the 503,850 complaints received nationally in the month, or 100 per 100,000 residents against 147 nationally.

MeasureRhode IslandUnited States
Complaints, Sep 20251,118503,850
Per 100,000 residents100147
The month before1,233—
Same month a year earlier586—

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By product

Product (CFPB label)ComplaintsShare
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports1,00489.8%
Debt collection454%
Credit card272.4%
Checking or savings account191.7%
Mortgage80.7%
Student loan50.4%
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service40.4%
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan30.3%
Vehicle loan or lease20.2%
Prepaid card10.1%

Companies with the most complaints from Rhode Island in the month, with their size

Company (as named by the CFPB)Complaints, Sep 2025ShareCompany size
EQUIFAX, INC.34330.7%no public measure
TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.33830.2%no public measure
Experian Information Solutions Inc.30827.5%no public measure
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.80.7%$233bn assets
CITIBANK, N.A.80.7%$1.98tn assets
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION80.7%$662bn assets
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL70.6%$115bn assets
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC60.5%no public measure
CL Holdings LLC50.4%no public measure
BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION50.4%$2.65tn assets
All other companies, including those not listed by name827.3%—

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 10 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.

Questions and answers

How many CFPB complaints came from Rhode Island in September 2025?

1,118, which is 0.2% of the national total for the month. A year earlier: 586.

What were they about?

“Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports” (1,004), “Debt collection” (45), “Credit card” (27), “Checking or savings account” (19).

Does the CFPB verify complaints?

The CFPB does not verify every allegation in a complaint before publishing it.

Provenance

Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database, bulk file downloaded 1 Oct 2026, complaints received through 1 Oct 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.