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Who in Minnesota is complaining aboutPayday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan?

0.5% of Minnesota complaintsUS share 0.3%

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.

Minnesota consumers filed 135 complaints under “Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan” in the 12 months to 1 Oct 2026, up 38% on the 98 of the 12 months before. That is 2.30 per 100,000 residents, below the national 5.20.

The category makes up 0.5% of the state's complaints, against 0.3% nationally. 10.5% of closed complaints ended with monetary or non-monetary relief (5.6% nationally) and 95.6% of responses were timely.

28complaints, last 90 daysdown 45% vs prior 90 days
135complaints, last 365 daysup 38% vs prior 365 days
2.30per 100,000 residentsUS 5.20
346complaints, all years

Companies with the most Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan complaints from Minnesota, with their size

Ordered by complaints from Minnesota consumers in the last 12 months. Size is the company's national figure.

Company (as named by the CFPB)Complaints from MN, 12 monthsShareCompany size
Affirm Holdings, Inc139.6%no public measure
OneMain Finance Corporation85.9%no public measure
ENOVA INTERNATIONAL, INC.53.7%no public measure
Klarna AB53.7%no public measure
Deinde Online Services, LLC53.7%no public measure
All other companies, including those not listed by name9973.3%—

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. 0 of the 5 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.

Issues

Issue (CFPB label)ComplaintsShare
Charged fees or interest you didn't expect3626.7%
Problem when making payments1712.6%
Problem with the payoff process at the end of the loan1410.4%
Getting the loan139.6%
Problem with additional add-on products or services96.7%
Struggling to pay your loan85.9%
Incorrect information on your report75.2%
Getting a line of credit64.4%
Can't stop withdrawals from your bank account64.4%
Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem53.7%
Other CFPB issue categories1410.4%

How companies responded

MeasureMinnesota, this productUnited States, this product
Complaints per 100,000 residents, 12 months2.305.20
Closed with monetary or non-monetary relief10.5%5.6%
Responses marked timely95.6%94.6%

Trend

Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan complaints from Minnesota in each of the last 24 months. Peak month in view: 21. The hatched month is incomplete.

Other products in Minnesota

Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports · 22,200Debt collection · 2,010Credit card · 931Checking or savings account · 885Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service · 418Mortgage · 382Student loan · 252Vehicle loan or lease · 176

Questions and answers

How many Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan complaints come from Minnesota?

135 in the 12 months to 1 Oct 2026, 98 in the 12 months before and 346 since 2011.

Is that high for the population?

2.30 per 100,000 residents in Minnesota against 5.20 nationally.

Which issues come up most?

“Charged fees or interest you didn't expect” (26.7%), “Problem when making payments” (12.6%), “Problem with the payoff process at the end of the loan” (10.4%), “Getting the loan” (9.6%).

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.