WebRecon April 2025 Stats: Everything Down in April, Most Things Up YTD
Quick analysis: Everything Down in April, Most Things Up YTD This was another one of those fun paradoxical months where consumer complaints and litigation in April were all down from March, but most of them (except FDCPA complaints) were still up YTD. Interestingly, the March stats showed everything up for the month, so it’s a complete […]
WebRecon March 2025 Stats: Sea of Green (and not the good kind…)
Quick analysis: Sea of Green (and not the good kind…) Everything was up in March (TCPA +23.5%, FCRA +5.2%, FDCPA +27.7%) over February, and only FDCPA (-8.7%) was down YTD over 2023, while TCPA (+35.5%) and FCRA (+8.5%) were also up YTD. Welcome to spring! CFPB complaints were also up for the month (+16%) and the […]
WebRecon Jan 2025 Stats
Quick analysis: Current Month: Previous Month: PreviousYear: Year to Date: Year toDate Comp: Jan 01, 2025Jan 31, 2025 Dec 01, 2024 Dec 31, 2024 Jan 01, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 Jan 01, 2025 Jan 31, 2025 Jan 01, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 CFPB 22347 16587 34.7% 7349 204.1% 22347 7349 204.1% FDCPA 311 289 7.6% […]
WebRecon Dec 2024 Stats
Quick analysis: Current Month: Previous Month: PreviousYear: Year to Date: Year toDate Comp: Dec 01, 2024Dec 31, 2024 Nov 01, 2024 Nov 30, 2024 Dec 01, 2023 Dec 31, 2023 Jan 01, 2024 Dec 31, 2024 Jan 01, 2023 Dec 31, 2023 CFPB 16587 15778 5.1% 6299 163.3% 159406 69256 130.2% FDCPA 289 285 1.4% […]
WebRecon Nov 2024 Stats
Quick analysis: Current Month: Previous Month: Previous Year: Year to Date: Year to Date Comp: Nov 01, 2024 Nov 30, 2024 Oct 01, 2024 Oct 31, 2024 Nov 01, 2023 Nov 30, 2023 Jan 01, 2024 Nov 30, 2024 Jan 01, 2023 Nov 30, 2023 CFPB 15778 17867 -11.7% 5643 179.6% 142819 62957 126.9% FDCPA 285 330 -13.6% 365 -21.9% 3918 3781 3.6% FCRA 439 479 -8.4% 495 -11.3% 5550 5133 8.1% TCPA 1088 162 […]
WebRecon Oct 2024 Stats: Everything Up in Oct and YTD
Quick analysis: Everything Up in Oct and YTD October was an across-the-board up month, with CFPB complaints +5.6 in Oct and +119.3% YTD, TCPA suits +17.5% in Oct and +4.4% YTD, FDCPA suits +4.1% in Oct and +6.3% YTD and FCRA suits +2.1% in Oct and +10.1% YTD. In other news, putative class actions represented 4% […]
WebRecon Sept 2024 Stats: Everything down in Sept, YTD still up
Quick analysis: Everything down in Sept, YTD still up Other than CFPB complaints which were up +9.2% over August, everything we track had a slow month. TCPA suits were down -12.2% over August, FDCPA was down -17.1% and FCRA was down -1.3%. However, all are still up YTD over 2023, with TCPA +2.4%, FDCPA up +10% […]
WebRecon Aug 2024 Stats: Everything Up in Aug and YTD
Quick analysis: Everything Up in Aug and YTD For the first time in several years, it is starting to look like the big three (TCPA, FDCPA and FCRA) may all have a year-over-year increase together. The next month or two will be more telling, but we’ll definitely keep an eye on this trend. In August, TCPA […]
WebRecon July 2024 Stats: Mixed Numbers in July, Everything Up YTD
Quick analysis: Mixed Numbers in July, Everything Up YTD In July, TCPA (-14.6%) and FCRA (-8.5%) were both down, while FDCPA (+21.9%) was up. Meanwhile all three are still up YTD (TCPA +5.2%, FDCPA +15.1%, FCRA +17.7%). If things keep going this way, we’ll have the first “up” year across the board since at least 2015! […]
WebRecon June 2024 Stats: Everything Down in June, Yet Up YTD
Quick analysis: Everything Down in June, Yet Up YTD Not sure we’ve seen this one before! in June, every consumer complaint statute we track was down (TCPA -7.4%, FDCPA -32.1%, FCRA -9.2%), yet every one of them was still up year to date (TCPA +8.6%, FDCPA +15.4%, FCRA +21.1%). In other news, putative class actions represented […]