Why billions in settlement money goes unclaimed every year

Every year, class-action settlements set aside enormous sums to compensate people who were harmed. Yet a large share of that money is never claimed. Why?

The most common reason is simple: people never hear about the settlement, or the notice lands in a spam folder and is never opened. Even when notices arrive, the claim forms can be confusing and the deadlines are easy to miss.

Businesses face an even bigger hurdle. Merchant settlements like the Visa/Mastercard interchange case require pulling years of payment processing statements — a task most owners never get around to.

That's the gap ClaimBridge closes. We monitor the settlement landscape, match you to the cases you qualify for, and handle the filing so the money doesn't get left behind.