$1,398.96
6.7% of the period's outflow
consumer protection
Deceptive practices, junk fees, CFPB complaints, enforcement penalties.
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with sourced evidence in this dimension
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Ultimately benefits Synchrony Financial · Synchrony Bank → Synchrony Financial
CFPB complaints (3y, company filter 'SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL'): 35,168 published complaints. Top issues: incorrect report information (4,997); improper report use (4,400); purchase dispute (4,040). Untimely responses: 297.
medium severity · consumer complaint database · attributed via parent Synchrony Financial · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Complaint Database (2026-06-02)
Ultimately benefits Amazon.com, Inc. · Amazon → Amazon.com, Inc.
Violation Tracker lists consumer-protection: $2.64 billion / 23 records.
high severity · regulatory penalty summary · attributed via parent Amazon.com, Inc. · Good Jobs First Violation Tracker (2026-06-02)
Ultimately benefits Wonder Group · Grubhub → Wonder Group
Grubhub, now part of Wonder Group, has recent regulatory concern history involving hidden fees, subscription cancellation, restaurants, and driver earnings claims.
high severity · regulatory action · attributed via parent Wonder Group · Federal Trade Commission (2024-12-17)
Ultimately benefits Upstart Holdings, Inc. · Upstart → Upstart Holdings, Inc.
CFPB complaints (3y, search-term fallback 'Upstart'): 722 published complaints. Top issues: incorrect report information (226); disputed investigation handling (104); improper report use (79). Untimely responses: 4.
medium severity · consumer complaint database · attributed via parent Upstart Holdings, Inc. · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Complaint Database (2026-06-02)
Ultimately benefits Apple Inc. · Apple → Apple Inc.
Violation Tracker lists consumer-protection: $765.65 million / 14 records.
high severity · regulatory penalty summary · attributed via parent Apple Inc. · Good Jobs First Violation Tracker (2026-06-02)
Ultimately benefits The Home Depot, Inc. · The Home Depot → The Home Depot, Inc.
Violation Tracker lists consumer-protection: $93.09 million / 15 records.
medium severity · regulatory penalty summary · attributed via parent The Home Depot, Inc. · Good Jobs First Violation Tracker (2026-06-02)
Ultimately benefits Sirius XM Holdings Inc. · SiriusXM → Sirius XM Holdings Inc.
New York Attorney General sued SiriusXM alleging it trapped consumers in unwanted subscriptions through burdensome cancellation processes.
high severity · active lawsuit · attributed via parent Sirius XM Holdings Inc. · New York Attorney General (2023-12-20)
Honest limits: only researched merchants (53 dossiers so far) can surface here, evidence is dated and owner-level records don't prove the parent owned the subsidiary at the time of every violation. This is decision support, not a moral verdict. Back to Spending Values