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Financial Ombudsman Service
Complaints about financial firms to the independent Ombudsman Service were up by 18% during the second half of last year, after many banks and other providers wrongly rejected consumer gripes.
25 February 2010
Over £480m of bank charges could still be reclaimed by those in hardship.
24 February 2010
Financial firms with excessive numbers of complaints against them are to be named and shamed under new Financial Services Authority (FSA) rules.
29 January 2010
Homeowners hit with excessive mortgage arrears charges should demand their cash back, says the city regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
26 January 2010
It’s depressing, disappointing, but not a complete disaster. The Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) decision to drop the bank charges case is a blow, yet there are still other legal avenues.
22 December 2009
26 November 2009
The number of complaints about banks and other financial firms has risen to over 1.5 million during the first half of 2009.
29 October 2009
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has hit back at MoneySavingexpert.com after we highlighted the Financial Ombudsman's concerns that many bank charges reclaimers in hardship are being unfairly treated.
24 October 2009
22 October 2009
The City regulator plans to force firms to compensate millions of victims of debt insurance misselling.
29 September 2009
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