CBE Group

CBE Group has an active $10,000 surety bond on file with the Texas Secretary of State (SoS File 970180), last checked October 5, 2026. Texas does not issue a collection license; that bond is what Texas Finance Code Chapter 392 requires of a third-party debt collector before it collects.

Yes. CBE Group holds an active Debt Collection Agency license with the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (license 1080974-DCA), last checked September 28, 2026. New York City requires this license of any business whose principal purpose is collecting personal or household debts from NYC residents, wherever the business itself is based.

Yes. CBE Group holds an active debt collector license with the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (license 10605-99), on the department's list of current licensees, last checked October 5, 2026. The Debt Collection Licensing Act, Financial Code Section 100001, requires this license of a debt collector, though banks, licensed lenders and commercial collectors are lawfully exempt from it.

The public CFPB Consumer Complaint Database records 4,079 debt-collection complaints referencing CBE Group, as of September 30, 2026. This counts debt-collection complaints only, all years, not every complaint the Bureau holds about the company; the profile links the same search on the live CFPB database; a complaint is a record, not a verdict, and the CFPB says its database is not a statistical sample of consumers’ experiences.