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HSBC has become the latest giant to set aside extra cash to pay victims of mis-sold payment protection insurance, once again highlighting the huge scale of the scandal.
5 November 2012
Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside another £400 million to compensate customers it flogged worthless payment protection insurance to.
2 November 2012
A huge £602.2 million was paid out to victims of payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling in August, according to latest industry figures.
24 October 2012
The bill for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) at Barclays soared to £2 billion today as claims against the banking giant continue to pile up.
18 October 2012
Barclays is to abolish sales incentives for frontline branch and telephone staff, which it hopes will help prevent mis-selling.
15 October 2012
ING Direct savers in the UK will be protected by the British Government, instead of the Dutch compensation scheme, once a proposed buy-out by Barclays goes ahead.
9 October 2012
A Government scheme aiming to help people with smaller deposits buy a new-build home has been scuppered by lenders' high rates, a major builder said today.
19 September 2012
Bankrupt consumers looking to open a new basic bank account will now only be able to open a Barclays account, after the Co-operative Bank decided to stop offering accounts to undischarged bankrupts.
17 September 2012
Lloyds TSB and MBNA are the worst of the major banks for wrongly dismissing complaints, new data published by the Financial Ombudsman Service reveals today.
11 September 2012
MPs want RBS and Lloyds TSB to drop restrictions on customers with basic bank accounts using cash machines run by their rivals.
31 August 2012
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