CFPB · Single-product concentration
Clear Start Today
7 CFPB complaints · 71.4% in "Student loan" · top issue Dealing with your lender or servicer.
Clear Start Today: 71.4% of 7 CFPB complaints sit in "Student loan". Timely 57.1% · relief 57.1%. Allegations, not findings.
- Single-product concentration
- +150% filings 2019 to 2020
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company clear-start-today
57.1% relief · 57.1% timely · 7 filings · Student loan
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: Brelvis Consulting, LLC (44.9% relief)
Clear Start Today closes 57.1% with relief, above the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.
Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Clear Start Today complaint mix by product
- Student loan 5 71.4% – 60% relief
- Money transfer, 2 28.6% – 50% relief
How Clear Start Today's 7 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Student loan | 5 |
| Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service | 2 |
Where Clear Start Today complaints are filed
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- FL
- 28.6% of this company's filings
Clear Start Today rising annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2020
- 5
- +150% vs 2019
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| FL | 2 |
| NJ | 1 |
| TX | 1 |
| AZ | 1 |
| OH | 1 |
| IN | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Dealing with your lender or servicer | 3 |
| Struggling to repay your loan | 2 |
| Fraud or scam | 2 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 100% |
| 2020 | 5 | 40% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Clear Start Today filings cluster in one product
Clear Start Today's 7 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 6 states show a filing. 57.1% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2019 through 2020-09-18.
Clear Start Today answers 57.1% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 42.9% with a written explanation. 57.1% end in monetary or non-monetary relief for the consumer. Consumers disputed just 0% of responses after the company replied. "Student loan" draws the most filings, most often for "Dealing with your lender or servicer."
A complaint is a consumer-reported allegation, not proven wrongdoing. See the disclaimer below for how volume relates to company size, and cross-check against the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database directly before drawing conclusions about Clear Start Today.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Clear Start Today: nearest filing volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among companies with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.
Similar filing volume
Nearest companies by total CFPB complaints. This record: 7.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 57.1%.
Disclaimer: This data is from CFPB public records. PlainComplaint does not provide financial advice. A complaint does not indicate that a company has violated any law or regulation. Complaint volumes are influenced by company size, customer base, and market presence. Use this data as one of many inputs when evaluating a company.
Data sourced from official public datasets for Clear Start Today (57.1% timely; 57.1% relief). methodology.
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