CFPB complaint counts · Oct 17, 2023 – Oct 17, 2026
Columbia Bank complaints
Consumers filed 228 complaints about COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC. with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over the past three years, 76 of them in the last 12 months. The most common product was "Checking or savings account" (54%), and the most common issue was "Managing an account". The company responded on time to 100.0% of complaints, and 0.4% of closed complaints ended with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints (3 yrs)
228
Per $1B deposits
4.4median 8.5
Timely response
100.0%
Closed with relief
0.4%
The CFPB publishes complaints after the company responds or after 15 days, whichever comes first. It does not verify every fact in a complaint, and counts reflect customer volume as much as service quality. Narratives are not shown. See Columbia Bank's financial scorecard.
By product
Product
Complaints
Share
Checking or savings account
122
53.5%
Debt collection
22
9.6%
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports
21
9.2%
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service
19
8.3%
Mortgage
19
8.3%
Vehicle loan or lease
11
4.8%
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan
10
4.4%
Credit card
3
1.3%
Debt or credit management
1
0.4%
Top issues
Issue
Complaints
Share
Managing an account
72
31.6%
Problem with a lender or other company charging your account
20
8.8%
Closing an account
12
5.3%
Problem caused by your funds being low
12
5.3%
Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem
11
4.8%
Attempts to collect debt not owed
10
4.4%
Fraud or scam
10
4.4%
Incorrect information on your report
8
3.5%
Improper use of your report
7
3.1%
Managing the loan or lease
7
3.1%
Opening an account
6
2.6%
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
5
2.2%
How complaints were closed
Company response
Complaints
Share
Closed with explanation
227
99.6%
Closed with monetary relief
1
0.4%
Top states
State
Complaints
Share
OR
62
27.2%
CA
49
21.5%
WA
41
18.0%
FL
12
5.3%
NJ
9
3.9%
TX
7
3.1%
GA
5
2.2%
ID
5
2.2%
PA
4
1.8%
NY
3
1.3%
How they were submitted
Channel
Complaints
Share
Web
189
82.9%
Referral
26
11.4%
Phone
8
3.5%
Postal mail
5
2.2%
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