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Dakota Financial, LLC

78 CFPB complaints · 25 states · top issue Improper use of your report.

78 CFPB complaints

Dakota Financial, LLC has 78 consumer complaints in the CFPB public database. Timely response is 93.6%; 1.3% closed with relief; top product Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports. Allegations, not regulatory findings.

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  • +600% filings 2017 to 2026

CFPB relief outcome brief

CCDB company dakota-financial-llc

1.3% relief · 93.6% timely · 78 filings · Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports

Nearest relief peer: State Employees Credit Union (1.3% relief)

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Closed-with-relief % among Dakota Financial, LLC and nearest filing-volume peers

Dakota Financial, LLC closes 1.3% with relief, above the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →

How 78 complaints split on narrative text

CFPB records optionally include a consumer narrative. These two counts add to this company's total filings, volume of text present, not a finding about severity.

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Timely response rate 93.6%
Federal benchmark

CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.

Relief rate 1.3%
Industry median (≥10 complaints)

Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.

Dakota Financial, LLC complaint mix by product

Total complaints: 78

Dakota Financial, LLC complaint mix by product Horizontal strip chart. Width of each segment is proportional to that category's share of the 78 total complaints. Trend arrow shows rolling 12-month direction. Inline badge shows resolution rate (% closed with relief). Credit reporting: 38 complaints (48.7%), resolution 0.0% Credit reporting 48.7% Vehicle loan: 23 complaints (29.5%), resolution 4.3% Vehicle loan 29.5% Credit reporting,: 12 complaints (15.4%), resolution 0.0% Credit reporting, 15.4% Payday loan,: 2 complaints (2.6%), resolution 0.0% Debt collection: 1 complaints (1.3%), resolution 0.0% Payday loan,: 1 complaints (1.3%), resolution 0.0% Money transfer,: 1 complaints (1.3%), resolution 0.0%
  • Credit reporting 38 48.7% 0% relief
  • Vehicle loan 23 29.5% 4% relief
  • Credit reporting, 12 15.4% 0% relief
  • Payday loan, 2 2.6% 0% relief
  • Debt collection 1 1.3% 0% relief
  • Payday loan, 1 1.3% 0% relief
  • Money transfer, 1 1.3% 0% relief

How Dakota Financial, LLC's 78 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.

Complaints by Product

Product Complaints
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports 38
Vehicle loan or lease 23
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports 12
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan 2
Debt collection 1
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan 1
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service 1

Where Dakota Financial, LLC complaints are filed

Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company

Concentrated footprint
Leading state
GA
14.1% of this company's filings
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Dakota Financial, LLC rising annual filings

Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database

Rising vs first year
2026
7
+600% vs 2017
0510152025 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 7

Top States

State Complaints
GA 11
TX 10
CA 8
NY 8
NC 5
IL 4
SC 3
CO 3
OH 3
FL 3
PA 2
DC 2
NJ 2
AL 2
AZ 2
CT 1
KY 1
OK 1
VA 1
MN 1

Top Issues

Issue Complaints
Improper use of your report 40
Managing the loan or lease 16
Incorrect information on your report 9
Struggling to pay your loan 4
Problems at the end of the loan or lease 3
Received a loan you didn't apply for 1
Attempts to collect debt not owed 1
Charged fees or interest you didn't expect 1
Repossession 1
Unable to get your credit report or credit score 1
Unexpected or other fees 1

Yearly Trend

Year Complaints Timely
2017 1 100%
2018 1 100%
2019 1 100%
2020 2 100%
2021 2 100%
2022 9 100%
2023 13 100%
2024 20 100%
2025 22 100%
2026 7 28.6%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

What the CFPB record shows about Dakota Financial, LLC

Dakota Financial, LLC's 78 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 25 states show a filing. Only 34.6% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, so most of this record is coded categories rather than verbatim complaint text. Records run from 2017 through 2026-05-12.

Dakota Financial, LLC answers 93.6% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 92.3% with a written explanation. 1.3% end in monetary or non-monetary relief for the consumer. Consumers disputed just 0% of responses after the company replied. "Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports" draws the most filings, most often for "Improper use of your report."

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 Dakota Financial, LLC.

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Dakota Financial, LLC: 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.

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 Dakota Financial, LLC (93.6% timely; 1.3% relief). methodology.

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