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First Midwest Financial
7 CFPB complaints · 4 states · top issue Managing an account.
First Midwest Financial has 7 consumer complaints in the CFPB public database. Timely response is 0%; 0% closed with relief; top product Checking or savings account. Allegations, not regulatory findings.
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- +500% filings 2012 to 2021
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company first-midwest-financial
0% relief · 0% timely · 7 filings · Checking or savings account
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: Axos Financial, Inc. (0% relief)
First Midwest Financial closes 0% with relief, below 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.
First Midwest Financial complaint mix by product
- Checking or 3 42.9% – 0% relief
- Mortgage 2 28.6% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting, 1 14.3% – 0% relief
- Debt collection 1 14.3% – 0% relief
How First Midwest Financial's 7 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Checking or savings account | 3 |
| Mortgage | 2 |
| Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports | 1 |
| Debt collection | 1 |
Concentrated filing states for First Midwest Financial
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- IL
- 42.9% of this company's filings
First Midwest Financial rising annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2021
- 6
- +500% vs 2012
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| IL | 3 |
| CA | 2 |
| IN | 1 |
| WI | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Managing an account | 2 |
| Application, originator, mortgage broker | 1 |
| Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem | 1 |
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | 1 |
| Trouble during payment process | 1 |
| Problem with a lender or other company charging your account | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | 0% |
| 2021 | 6 | 0% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
What the CFPB record shows about First Midwest Financial
First Midwest Financial's 7 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 4 states show a filing. Only 28.6% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, so most of this record is coded categories rather than verbatim complaint text. Records run from 2012 through 2021-08-18.
First Midwest Financial answers 0% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 14.3% 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. "Checking or savings account" draws the most filings, most often for "Managing an account."
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 First Midwest Financial.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for First Midwest Financial: 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: 0%.
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 First Midwest Financial (0% timely; 0% relief). methodology.
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