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CFPB Complaints

Free

CFPB consumer complaints for one bank.

About this dataset

CFPB Complaints is a Free dataset in the Events & Enforcement group of the BankRegReports Data API. The response carries 4 documented fields, sourced from CFPB.

CFPB complaint roll-up: quarterly trend + top product/issue mix.

Endpoint

GET /api/v1/banks/{rssd_id}/complaints/

Parameters

Name Required Description
rssd_id required Federal Reserve RSSD id. e.g. 852218

Response fields

Field Type Description
rssd_id integer RSSD ID (count)
total_complaints integer
trend array of object
top_issues array of object

Example request

curl "https://api.bankregreports.com/api/v1/banks/852218/complaints/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BANKREG_API_TOKEN"

Responses are JSON in a {"data": ..., "meta": {...}} envelope. Get a token on the setup page.

Example response shape

A successful call returns HTTP 200 with a JSON body. Each row in data carries the fields below, shown with their documented types rather than sample values.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "rssd_id": "integer",
      "total_complaints": "integer",
      "trend": "array of object",
      "top_issues": "array of object"
    }
  ],
  "meta": { ... }
}

When to use it

CFPB Complaints sits in the Events & Enforcement group of the Data API. Reach for it when your work needs this data straight from the API: it comes back as JSON you can load into a notebook, a spreadsheet or a scheduled pipeline, with the dataset key complaints naming it the same way in the REST path, the Python SDK and the OpenAPI document.

Access and authentication

This dataset is in the Free tier. Send your API token in the Authorization header as a Bearer token, using a GET request to the endpoint above. The Free plan is the first plan that includes it. Check the plan comparison for request limits, and the data update schedule for when new filings reach the API.

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Python SDK

Install with pip install bankregreports and set BANKREG_API_TOKEN to your key.

import bankregreports

brr = bankregreports.BankReg()  # reads BANKREG_API_TOKEN
rssd_id = 852218  # JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
result = brr.complaints(rssd_id=rssd_id)
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