CFPB · Diversified product mix

Scratch Financial, Inc.

59 CFPB complaints · diversified mix (top product 25.4%) · top issue Incorrect information on your report.

59 CFPB complaints

Scratch Financial, Inc.: top product "Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan" is only 25.4% of 59 - multi-bucket mix. Timely 94.9% · relief 8.5%. Allegations, not findings.

  • Diversified product mix
  • +20% filings 2020 to 2026

CFPB relief outcome brief

CCDB company scratch-financial-inc

8.5% relief · 94.9% timely · 59 filings · Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan

Nearest relief peer: Wlcc (9.9% relief)

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Closed-with-relief % among Scratch Financial, Inc. and nearest filing-volume peers

Scratch Financial, Inc. closes 8.5% with relief, above the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →

Most of Scratch Financial, Inc.'s 59 filings include narrative text

52.5% 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.

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Timely response rate 94.9%
Federal benchmark

CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.

Relief rate 8.5%
Industry median (≥10 complaints)

Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.

Scratch Financial, Inc. complaint mix by product

Total complaints: 59

Scratch Financial, Inc. complaint mix by product Horizontal strip chart. Width of each segment is proportional to that category's share of the 59 total complaints. Trend arrow shows rolling 12-month direction. Inline badge shows resolution rate (% closed with relief). Payday loan,: 15 complaints (25.4%), resolution 13.3% Payday loan, 25.4% Credit reporting: 15 complaints (25.4%), resolution 13.3% Credit reporting 25.4% Credit reporting,: 11 complaints (18.6%), resolution 0.0% Credit reporting, 18.6% Debt collection: 9 complaints (15.3%), resolution 0.0% Debt collection 15.3% Payday loan,: 7 complaints (11.9%), resolution 0.0% Payday loan, 11.9% Credit card: 2 complaints (3.4%), resolution 50.0%
  • Payday loan, 15 25.4% 13% relief
  • Credit reporting 15 25.4% 13% relief
  • Credit reporting, 11 18.6% 0% relief
  • Debt collection 9 15.3% 0% relief
  • Payday loan, 7 11.9% 0% relief
  • Credit card 2 3.4% 50% relief

How Scratch Financial, Inc.'s 59 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.

Complaints by Product

Product Complaints
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan 15
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports 15
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports 11
Debt collection 9
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan 7
Credit card 2

Where Scratch Financial, Inc. complaints are filed

Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company

Concentrated footprint
Leading state
CA
20.3% of this company's filings
CA12TX10AZ5FL4UT3VA3OR2NM2

Scratch Financial, Inc. rising annual filings

Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database

Rising vs first year
2026
6
+20% vs 2020
0510152025 2020202120222023202420252026 6

Top States

State Complaints
CA 12
TX 10
AZ 5
FL 4
UT 3
VA 3
OR 2
NM 2
NJ 2
NY 2
GA 1
NH 1
WI 1
MA 1
MT 1
NC 1
MD 1
MI 1
NE 1
PA 1

Top Issues

Issue Complaints
Incorrect information on your report 20
Attempts to collect debt not owed 7
Charged fees or interest you didn't expect 7
Getting the loan 5
Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem 4
Problem when making payments 3
Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem 3
Improper use of your report 2
Problem with additional add-on products or services 1
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action 1
Getting a credit card 1
Problem with a purchase shown on your statement 1
Struggling to pay your loan 1
Received a loan you didn't apply for 1
Getting a line of credit 1
Written notification about debt 1

Yearly Trend

Year Complaints Timely
2020 5 100%
2021 4 75%
2022 8 75%
2023 8 100%
2024 6 100%
2025 22 100%
2026 6 100%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Scratch Financial, Inc. spreads across product buckets

Scratch Financial, Inc.'s 59 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 23 states show a filing. 52.5% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2020 through 2026-04-06.

Scratch Financial, Inc. answers 94.9% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 91.5% with a written explanation. 8.5% end in monetary or non-monetary relief for the consumer. Consumers disputed just 0% of responses after the company replied. "Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan" draws the most filings, most often for "Incorrect information on 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 Scratch Financial, Inc..

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Scratch Financial, Inc.: 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 Scratch Financial, Inc. (94.9% timely; 8.5% relief). methodology.

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