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.
Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside another £400 million to compensate customers it flogged worthless payment protection insurance to.
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.
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.