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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

ProductComplaintsShare
Checking or savings account12253.5%
Debt collection229.6%
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports219.2%
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service198.3%
Mortgage198.3%
Vehicle loan or lease114.8%
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan104.4%
Credit card31.3%
Debt or credit management10.4%

Top issues

IssueComplaintsShare
Managing an account7231.6%
Problem with a lender or other company charging your account208.8%
Closing an account125.3%
Problem caused by your funds being low125.3%
Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem114.8%
Attempts to collect debt not owed104.4%
Fraud or scam104.4%
Incorrect information on your report83.5%
Improper use of your report73.1%
Managing the loan or lease73.1%
Opening an account62.6%
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action52.2%

How complaints were closed

Company responseComplaintsShare
Closed with explanation22799.6%
Closed with monetary relief10.4%

Top states

StateComplaintsShare
OR6227.2%
CA4921.5%
WA4118.0%
FL125.3%
NJ93.9%
TX73.1%
GA52.2%
ID52.2%
PA41.8%
NY31.3%

How they were submitted

ChannelComplaintsShare
Web18982.9%
Referral2611.4%
Phone83.5%
Postal mail52.2%

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