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Consumer Complaint Process

Improving the experience of government forms

Project Date
2013 - 2014
Organization
CFPB
Project Team
Ben Guhin, Stephanie Osan, Armin Kiany, Mehgan Iulo
See the work
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See the latest complaint form

Since July 2011, hundreds of thousands of consumers have come to the CFPB to submit complaints about problems related to financial products and services. The fastest way for consumers to have their complaints routed to companies is through our online complaint form. Companies are expected to close all but the most complicated complaints within 60 days.

Ok, so we’ll admit that an online complaint form isn’t the most exciting activity for most people. But for consumers struggling with complex financial situations, the last thing they should have to deal with is a frustrating or overly-complex government form. We’ve all experienced them, at the DMV, your tax return, voter registration. Quite often these forms are created without consideration of basic design principles that could drastically improve their ease of use.

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Complaint Portal Design

As the entry-point to the consumer complaint forms, we worked to clarify the complaint process with the CFPB, help users select the right financial product related to their issue, and explain how complaints provide useful data for the Bureau.

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Complaint Form Design

In 2013, the CFPB was slated to add complaint forms about Debt Collection and Payday Loan issues, providing us with the opportunity to improve upon the existing form design and experience.

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