CFPB · Narrative-heavy record
FastBucks
30 CFPB complaints · 43.3% with narratives · top issue Can't contact lender.
FastBucks: 43.3% of 30 filings include consumer narratives. Timely 80% · relief 0% · top product Payday loan. Allegations, not findings.
- Narrative-heavy record
- -60% filings 2014 to 2019
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company fastbucks
0% relief · 80% timely · 30 filings · Payday loan
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: Big Picture Loans, LLC (0.7% relief)
FastBucks closes 0% with relief, below the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
Most of FastBucks's 30 filings include narrative text
43.3% 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.
FastBucks complaint mix by product
- Payday loan 12 40.0% – 0% relief
- Payday loan, 9 30.0% – 0% relief
- Consumer Loan 6 20.0% – 0% relief
- Debt collection 2 6.7% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting 1 3.3% – 0% relief
How FastBucks's 30 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Payday loan | 12 |
| Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan | 9 |
| Consumer Loan | 6 |
| Debt collection | 2 |
| Credit reporting | 1 |
Where FastBucks complaints are filed
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- NV
- 20% of this company's filings
FastBucks falling annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2019
- 2
- -60% vs 2014
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| NV | 6 |
| UT | 4 |
| NM | 4 |
| OR | 2 |
| NC | 2 |
| RI | 1 |
| MI | 1 |
| SC | 1 |
| NY | 1 |
| TX | 1 |
| AZ | 1 |
| WI | 1 |
| CA | 1 |
| ID | 1 |
| LA | 1 |
| VA | 1 |
| WA | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Can't contact lender | 5 |
| Problems when you are unable to pay | 5 |
| Struggling to pay your loan | 4 |
| Applied for loan/did not receive money | 2 |
| Charged bank acct wrong day or amt | 2 |
| Problem when making payments | 2 |
| Improper contact or sharing of info | 1 |
| Charged fees or interest I didn't expect | 1 |
| Incorrect information on credit report | 1 |
| Can't stop charges to bank account | 1 |
| Received a loan I didn't apply for | 1 |
| Lender repossessed or sold the vehicle | 1 |
| Problem with the payoff process at the end of the loan | 1 |
| Written notification about debt | 1 |
| Getting the loan | 1 |
| Charged fees or interest you didn't expect | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 60% |
| 2015 | 5 | 80% |
| 2016 | 7 | 85.7% |
| 2017 | 8 | 100% |
| 2018 | 3 | 100% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
FastBucks's narrative-rich complaint ledger
FastBucks's 30 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 17 states show a filing. 43.3% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2014 through 2019-12-10.
FastBucks answers 80% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 93.3% with a written explanation. 0% end in monetary or non-monetary relief for the consumer. Consumers disputed just 0% of responses after the company replied. "Payday loan" draws the most filings, most often for "Can't contact lender."
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 FastBucks.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for FastBucks: 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: 30.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 80%.
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 FastBucks (80% timely; 0% relief). methodology.
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