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The City regulator plans to force firms to compensate millions of victims of debt insurance misselling.
29 September 2009
We now have conclusive evidence banks and other financial firms reject complaints even when they know consumers are in the right.
15 September 2009
The shocking scale of consumer mistreatment is uncovered today as the lid is lifted on banks and other financial firms that brush off genuine complaints in the hope they will vanish.
15 September 2009
Consumers won't know for another two months whether an appeal against one of the proposed clampdowns on payment protection insurance (PPI) sales has been successful.
7 September 2009
Just 6% of consumers whose complaint is rejected by their bank or financial provider take their case to the free Ombudsman service, despite them having a high chance of victory via that route.
4 September 2009
The number of people unemployed has rocketed to 2.44 million, the highest total for 14 years, official figures out today reveal.
12 August 2009
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has pledged legislation on bank charges to back the MSE campaign to ensure everyone who's had an unfair charge will get their money back without having to ask.
12 August 2009
A body to instigate mass, group actions against banks and other financial institutions could be established in future.
8 July 2009
The Competition Commission (CC) is pressing ahead with the clampdown on controversial payment protection insurance (PPI) sales.
8 July 2009
Lenders have hiked the cost of regular debt insurance to recoup losses following the ban on lump-sum loan cover, a report claims.
3 June 2009
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