We make decisions based on what we think is fair and reasonable, accounting for the unique circumstances of each case we receive. We anonymise our decisions and write them in a way that prevents the person or small business complaining from being identified.
This database holds all the final decisions we’ve published since 1 April 2013 under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended by the Financial Services Act 2012.
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Decision Reference DRN-5253654
10 Jan 2025 NewDay Ltd UpheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-5253654 The complaint Mrs L says NewDay Ltd, trading as Aqua, irresponsibly lent to her. What happened Mrs L took out an Aqua credit card from NewDay in December 2023. She was given a £1,200 credit limit. This was increased to £2,400 in April 2024. Mrs L says the repayments are unaf... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4446384
19 Dec 2023 Santander UK Plc Not upheldConsumer CreditDRN-4446384 The complaint Mrs F says Santander UK Plc irresponsibly lent to her. What happened Mrs F took out a 48-month loan for £9,400 on 5 February 2019. The monthly repayments were £269.20 and the total repayable was £12,921.60. Mrs F says she was in a debt management plan at the time ... (2 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-3934051
14 Apr 2023 Novaloans Ltd Not upheldConsumer CreditDRN-3934051 The complaint Mrs B complains that Novaloans Ltd, trading as cash4unow, lent to her when she could not afford it. And afterwards the Novaloans representatives were harassing her with a lot of telephone calls about the debt. What happened Mrs B was approved for two loans with No... (10 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4638929
4 Mar 2024 Barclays Bank UK PLC Not upheldConsumer CreditDRN-4638929 The complaint Mr and Mrs H say Barclays Bank UK PLC lent to them irresponsibly. What happened Mr and Mrs H took out a Resolve loan from Barclays on in December 2012. The loan was for £3,500 and the term was 30 months. It was repaid by October 2014. The loan was taken out as Mr ... (2 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-5499489
23 Jun 2025 Vanquis Bank Limited Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-5499489 The complaint Mr M complains Vanquis Bank Limited lent to him irresponsibly when they approved his application for a credit card. What happened Mr M complains Vanquis failed to carry out adequate checks when making the lending decision below: Date Credit limit 22 January 2... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-3827502
9 Dec 2022 Tesco Personal Finance PLC Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-3827502 The complaint Miss S says Tesco Personal Finance PLC irresponsibly lent to her. What happened Miss S opened a credit card with Tesco on 4 April 2017. She was given a £3,800 credit limit. This was increased in 2019 and 2021 but Miss S did not use any of this additional credit, h... (2 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-3704982
29 Sep 2022 Avantcredit Of Uk, Llc UpheldConsumer CreditDRN-3704982 The complaint Ms G complains that AvantCredit of UK LLC lent to her when she could not afford it. What happened Ms G’s application to AvantCredit did state that she needed the £6,000 loan in 2016 for debt consolidation. Recently AvantCredit has made submissions on that and I wi... (5 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN6137816
21 Mar 2016 Lending Stream Llc Not upheldBanking and creditMiss K complains Lending Stream LLC (LS) was irresponsible in lending money to her. She says if it had carried out suitable checks, it would have known the lending was unaffordable.backgroundMiss K took eight loans with LS between 2011 and 2014. She said LS didn’t ... (2 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4522384
22 Apr 2024 Zopa Bank Limited Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-4522384 The complaint Mr E complains that Zopa Bank Limited (“Zopa”) irresponsibly granted him two credit cards he couldn’t afford to repay. What happened In February 2022 Mr E entered into an agreement with Zopa to have access to credit by way of a credit card account. He was given a ... (2 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-5396996
14 Mar 2025 Evergreen Finance London Limited Not upheldConsumer CreditDRN-5396996 The complaint Mr E complains that an offer for compensation should have been paid directly to him by Evergreen Finance London Limited trading as MoneyBoat.co.uk (MoneyBoat). He also complains that a loan was irresponsibly lent to him and MoneyBoat failed to set up a payment ... (3 pages)View decision
