CFPB · Higher closed-with-relief share
Empowerment Ventures, LLC
1.1K CFPB complaints · 81.7% relief (high band) · top issue Unauthorized transactions/trans. issues.
Empowerment Ventures, LLC closes 81.7% with relief (upper third) on 1.1K filings. Timely 98.2% · top product Prepaid card. Allegations, not findings.
- Volume rank #325 of 342
- Higher closed-with-relief share
- -91.5% filings 2015 to 2017
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company empowerment-ventures-llc
81.7% relief · 98.2% timely · 1.1K filings · Prepaid card
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. (23.7% relief)
Empowerment Ventures, LLC closes 81.7% with relief, above the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
Most of Empowerment Ventures, LLC's 1.1K filings include narrative text
56.1% carry a written consumer narrative, this ledger is unusually text-rich for a CFPB company page. Counts still add to the company's total filings; narrative presence is not a severity finding.
CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.
Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Empowerment Ventures, LLC complaint mix by product
- Prepaid card 869 81.8% – 85% relief
- Bank account 149 14.0% – 80% relief
- Credit card 30 2.8% – 0% relief
- Credit card 8 0.8% – 75% relief
- Money transfers 3 0.3% – 100% relief
- Checking or 2 0.2% – 0% relief
- Payday loan 1 0.1% – 100% relief
Lighter-volume mix: how Empowerment Ventures, LLC's 1.1K complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution badge = % closed with relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Prepaid card | 869 |
| Bank account or service | 149 |
| Credit card or prepaid card | 30 |
| Credit card | 8 |
| Money transfers | 3 |
| Checking or savings account | 2 |
| Payday loan | 1 |
Nationwide filing states for Empowerment Ventures, LLC
Top states by attributed volume, lighter-filing company
- Leading state
- GA
- 7.9% of this company's filings
Empowerment Ventures, LLC falling annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2017
- 74
- -91.5% vs 2015
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| GA | 84 |
| NY | 80 |
| FL | 72 |
| TX | 68 |
| CA | 59 |
| MI | 52 |
| IL | 50 |
| NJ | 46 |
| OH | 45 |
| NC | 40 |
| VA | 34 |
| SC | 33 |
| MO | 32 |
| MD | 30 |
| PA | 29 |
| MA | 23 |
| AL | 23 |
| LA | 22 |
| WI | 21 |
| TN | 20 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Unauthorized transactions/trans. issues | 314 |
| Managing, opening, or closing account | 290 |
| Fraud or scam | 156 |
| Deposits and withdrawals | 91 |
| Adding money | 91 |
| Using a debit or ATM card | 31 |
| Account opening, closing, or management | 15 |
| Problem with a purchase or transfer | 13 |
| Fees | 11 |
| Trouble using the card | 9 |
| Making/receiving payments, sending money | 6 |
| Problems caused by my funds being low | 6 |
| Unexpected or other fees | 5 |
| Advertising, marketing or disclosures | 4 |
| Overdraft, savings, or rewards features | 3 |
| Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement | 3 |
| Money was not available when promised | 2 |
| Other | 2 |
| Managing an account | 1 |
| Problem getting a card or closing an account | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 870 | 99.9% |
| 2016 | 118 | 91.5% |
| 2017 | 74 | 89.2% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Empowerment Ventures, LLC in the higher-relief third
Empowerment Ventures, LLC's 1,062 logged complaints reach a nationwide footprint - 47 states have at least one filing. 56.1% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2015 through 2017-08-23. Closed-with-relief 81.7% sits in the upper third of the corpus.
Empowerment Ventures, LLC closes 81.7% with monetary or non-monetary relief and answers 98.2% inside the CFPB window; 17.4% close with a written explanation. Consumers disputed 0% of responses after the company replied. Top product "Prepaid card" · top issue "Unauthorized transactions/trans. issues."
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 Empowerment Ventures, LLC.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Empowerment Ventures, 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.
Similar filing volume
Nearest companies by total CFPB complaints. This record: 1.1K.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 98.2%.
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 Empowerment Ventures, LLC (#324 of 342; 98.2% timely; 81.7% relief). methodology.
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