CFPB · Broad respondent spread

Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

13.1K CFPB complaints · 1.7K companies (broad spread) · top product Debt collection.

13.1K CFPB complaints

"Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly" names 1.7K companies (broad spread) on 13.1K filings · Encore Capital Group 4.9%. Allegations, not findings.

  • Volume rank #55 of 178
  • Encore Capital Group 4.9% of filings
  • Data updated June 2026
  • Broad respondent spread
13.1K
Total Complaints
1.7K
Companies
Debt collection
Top Product

Companies filing under "Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly"

# Company Complaints
1 Encore Capital Group Inc. 644
2 Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 506
3 Resurgent Capital Services L.P. 469
4 Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. 396
5 CL Holdings LLC 226
6 American Express Company 179
7 Capital One Financial Corporation 167
8 Navient Solutions, LLC. 161
9 Transworld Systems Inc 158
10 Synchrony Financial 145
11 Transunion Intermediate Holdings, Inc. 129
12 Experian Information Solutions Inc. 119
13 Citibank, N.a. 115
14 Discover Bank 100
15 Equifax, Inc. 96
16 HW Holding, Inc 92
17 National Credit Systems,Inc. 82
18 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 82
19 Kriya Capital, LLC 80
20 CCS Financial Services, Inc. 80
21 Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. 79
22 TrueAccord Corp. 77
23 I.C. System, Inc. 74
24 Bank of America, National Association 71
25 Halsted Financial Services, LLC. 71
26 Torriere Holdings INC 70
27 Williams & Fudge, Inc 68
28 Rowland Avenue Management, Inc. A/KA Columbia Debt Recovery, LLC d/b/a Genesis 68
29 Direct Recovery Services, LLC 68
30 Cavalry Investments, LLC 67
31 Ally Financial Inc. 63
32 Central Portfolio Control Inc. 62
33 NCB Management Services Inc. 59
34 Pending Company Match 58
35 Alliant Capital Management LLC 58
36 T.S. Holdings 58
37 Erc 57
38 Radius Global Solutions LLC 53
39 Navy Federal Credit Union 53
40 Medical Data Systems, Inc. 53
41 Wells Fargo & Company 51
42 Harris & Harris, Ltd. 50
43 Atlantic Recovery Solutions LLC 49
44 Credit Control, LLC 49
45 Credit Corp Solutions Inc. 48
46 National Credit Adjusters, LLC 45
47 Wlcc 45
48 OneMain Finance Corporation 43
49 Acima Credit, LLC 42
50 United Collection Bureau, Inc. 42

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

"Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly" across a broad respondent set

"Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly" appears across 1,658 distinct companies in the CFPB public record, a wide respondent spread for this allegation label. Respondent breadth sits in the upper third of the indexed issue corpus. No single company exceeds 4.9% of these filings.

With 1,658 companies named, the pattern may reflect how a product category is sold or serviced rather than one firm's operations. Most filings pair with "Debt collection". Consumer wording drives the label, not a regulatory finding. See methodology for how CFPB complaint routing works.

Disclaimer: CFPB public records only. A complaint is an allegation, not proof of wrongdoing. PlainComplaint does not provide financial advice.

Data sourced from official public datasets for "Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly" (#55 of 178; 1.7K companies). methodology.

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