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A customer complains about a bank failing to cancel a direct debit 

Decisions and case studies / Case studies

Ed asked his bank to cancel a direct debit. But they didn’t and payments continued to come out of his account.

Banking Direct Debits

Published 30/05/2019    Last updated 05/03/2025

We’re consulting on a temporary proposed change to how we report the outcome of certain complaints 

News

Today, we’ve published a consultation on a proposal to help us move faster in reducing customer waiting times.

Published 04/10/2021    Last updated 04/10/2021

Ombudsman News 166 

News

Welcome to the latest edition of Ombudsman News. In this edition we share our recently published annual report and feedback statement following our recent consultation. We also have a special focus on some of our online resources for financial businesses that help support the aims of #TalkMoney Week.

Fraud and scams Unaffordable lending ...

Published 10/11/2021    Last updated 16/02/2023

Consumer had no idea she’d been sold a personal accident insurance policy until charges showed on statements  

Decisions and case studies / Case studies

Keva complained to us about the sale of her personal accident policy. She said she had never agreed to take out the policy and it wasn’t the sort of policy she would have purchased.

Insurance Personal Accident Insurance

Published 01/06/2019    Last updated 05/03/2025

The Financial Ombudsman Service launches action plan to change and improve 

News

Action plan launched to deliver a better service for customers in a rapidly changing financial services environment.

Press release

Published 02/12/2021    Last updated 02/12/2021

Financial Ombudsman: Insurance checks needed for e-scooters 

News

The Financial Ombudsman Service is urging e-scooter owners to check their insurance policies to ensure they are covered if things go wrong.

Press release

Published 13/01/2022    Last updated 13/01/2022

Financial regulatory family strengthen Wider Implications Framework  

News

Regulatory family announce formal agreement for collaboration on matters of common interest.

Press release

Published 25/01/2022    Last updated 13/11/2024

A bank closes a couple’s business account ahead of the agreed date, causing them financial losses 

Decisions and case studies / Case studies

We looked into Huy and Chiyo's business account complaint when their bank closed their business account sooner than it said it would.

Banking

Published 01/06/2019    Last updated 05/03/2025

Increase to our award limits 

News

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the increase to our award limits.

Published 18/03/2022    Last updated 21/03/2022

We’ve published our complaints data from the second half of 2021 

News

Today we’ve published data showing the number of complaints we received about individual businesses between 1 July and 31 December 2021.

Data and Insight H2 data

Published 13/04/2022    Last updated 13/04/2022

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