JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., the bank behind your Chase Sapphire Preferred, is currently subject to 26 active OCC enforcement actions and 3 active Federal Reserve enforcement actions. Total civil money penalties on record: $2.4B.
Chase Sapphire Preferred
Card complaint rating · Based on federal CFPB data
Who actually runs this card
Chase Sapphire Preferred is issued by JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
Chase handles the shopping experience. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. handles everything else — billing, interest, credit reporting, and customer complaints. When something goes wrong with your Chase Sapphire Preferred, you are dealing with JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., not Chase.
See full JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. complaint rating →If you hold the Chase Sapphire Preferred, you are significantly more likely to face a serious unresolved problem than at most comparable institutions.
1 in 1,902 customers felt they had no choice but to complain officially
This is not a complaint to customer service. This is a formal complaint filed with the US government, on permanent public record — the last resort after everything else failed.
114,690 people complained officially and got absolutely nothing
That is 81% of everyone who escalated. They filed. They waited. They were told no. No money returned. No correction made.
Only 12% of complaints resulted in any money being returned
A further 80% were closed with an explanation only — the institution said "we disagree." No money moved. No correction made. The complaint was marked resolved.
100% response rate — but only 19% of complaints were actually resolved
The law requires a reply within 15 days — and they met that. But replying is not the same as fixing. The data shows they are far better at responding than resolving.
27.2 new official complaints filed every single day
At this volume, complaints are being filed around the clock, 365 days a year. This is not occasional bad luck — it is ongoing at scale.
30% of all complaints come from Credit Cards alone
That is 43,169 individual complaints in one product area. If you hold a credit cards account here, this risk applies directly to you.
The 141,838 official complaints may represent up to 2,836,760 affected customers
Research published by the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau suggests only around 5% of consumers who have a problem ever file an official complaint. The official record is likely the visible tip of a much larger pattern.
Credit Cards — 0.16 complaints per 1,000 customers
Customers most commonly report unexpected charges appearing on their statement, accounts closed without any warning, and billing errors that damaged their credit score — often taking months to dispute.
All figures from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and FDIC BankFind — US federal public records.
✦ Lower-Risk Alternatives
You can't directly replace a store card with a bank account — but you can move your main banking to an institution with a much better complaint record, which limits your exposure if something goes wrong with billing, fraud, or disputes.
FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
1.3× lower complaint rate than JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
- Federal data records a complaint rate of 0.42/1,000 customers
- Switching your primary bank takes about 2 hours of active effort — see our guide
- You can keep your Chase Sapphire Preferred — this just moves your main banking to a lower-risk institution
▼ See 2 more alternatives
EVERBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
1.2× lower · 0.45/1k
KEYCORP
1.1× lower · 0.48/1k
“But switching banks sounds like a headache.”
It usually isn't. The average US bank switch takes under 2 hours of active effort, spread across about 10 days. You keep your Chase Sapphire Preferred — you just move your main banking somewhere with a better complaint record.
Read our step-by-step switching guide →What People Complain About
The most common complaint categories filed against JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. with the CFPB — which handles your Chase Sapphire Preferred:
This page shows complaint data for JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., the issuing institution behind the Chase Sapphire Preferred. All data is sourced from the CFPB public complaint database and FDIC BankFind — US federal public records. See the full JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. institution page →