Billing disputes, interest rates and identity theft are the biggest reasons for complaints about credit cards filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the new agency said Wednesday.
The CFPB said it had received 5,074 complaints about credit cards during its first three months of operation. Of those, 13% were related to billing disputes, 11% concerned APRs and interest rates and 10.8% were related to identity theft, fraud and embezzlement.
The CFPB, an independent agency which began operating on July 21, said other sources of complaints were: Non-late and non-over-limit fees, 4.4%; billing statements 4.1%; and collection practices, 4%.
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