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Some of Britain's biggest banks are facing a hefty compensation bill today after the City watchdog found "serious failings" in the sale of complex financial products to small businesses.
29 June 2012
Lenders paid out £500 million compensation in March to victims of payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling, the highest single month of redress in 2012 .
25 May 2012
Banks must be told to stop offering free current accounts if Britain wants to stamp out mis-selling scandals, a senior regulator said today.
24 May 2012
HSBC has set aside an extra £290 million to pay for payment protection insurance (PPI) claims.
9 May 2012
RBS has set aside an additional £125 million to cover payment protection insurance (PPI) claims, as the realisation of the true scale of the mis-selling scandal grows by the day.
4 May 2012
Car supermarket Carcraft's owner has been fined for giving poor advice when selling payment protection insurance (PPI) to motorists.
3 May 2012
Energy regulator Ofgem has opened an investigation into whether industry giant Eon is mis-selling to consumers.
4 April 2012
Scottish and Southern Energy's (SSE) appeal against its mis-selling conviction has today been rejected in court.
16 March 2012
Scottish Power has become the fifth of the big six energy providers to stop doorstop selling, leaving only Eon to carry on the controversial practice.
21 October 2011
The UK arm of Santander said today it had set aside more than half a billion pounds to cover the costs of mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI) to its customers.
27 July 2011
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