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-3579470
15 Jul 2022 NewDay Ltd Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-3579470 The complaint Mr O complains that NewDay Ltd (“NewDay”), trading as Aqua, irresponsibly granted him a credit card account that he couldn’t afford to repay. What happened Mr O entered into an agreement with NewDay to have access to credit with an account that was opened for him ... (2 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-3501907
21 Sep 2022 NewDay Ltd UpheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-3501907 The complaint Mr C has complained that NewDay Ltd irresponsibly lent to him. He says he was provided with credit that he couldn’t afford and he lost out as a result. What happened Mr C opened a credit card account with NewDay in March 2019. His credit limit was initially £250. ... (4 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-1730347
24 Apr 2020 NewDay Ltd Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-1730347The complaintMr C complains that NewDay Ltd acted irresponsibly when lending him money.What happenedMr C applied for his first account with NewDay in December 2014 and an Aqua card account with a limit of £100 was agreed. In March 2016 Mr C applied for a second account with NewD... (2 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4516734
5 Jan 2024 NewDay Ltd Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-4516734 The complaint Mr W complains that NewDay Ltd trading as Aqua was irresponsible when it offered him credit and later increased his credit limit. Mr W bought his complaint via a representative but I will refer to him throughout for simplicity. What happened NewDay opened a credit... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-3297572
30 Mar 2022 NewDay Ltd UpheldConsumer CreditDRN-3297572 The complaint Mrs A says NewDay Ltd lent to her irresponsibly. What happened Mrs A took out a 60-month instalment loan for £5,000 from NewDay on 10 December 2018. The monthly repayments were £132.41 and the total repayable was £7,994.74. I understand there is an outstanding bal... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-3478139
20 Jun 2022 NewDay Ltd UpheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-3478139 The complaint Ms W complains that NewDay Ltd lent to her irresponsibly. What happened In April 2020 Ms W opened a credit card account with NewDay. She had an account limit of £600 which was increased three times over the life of the account to date. A fourth increase was offere... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-3471150
16 May 2022 NewDay Ltd UpheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-3471150 The complaint Mr O complains that NewDay Ltd trading as Aqua was irresponsible in its lending to him. What happened Mr O says that adequate checks weren’t carried out before he was provided with an Amazon credit card by NewDay. He says at the time he had several other cards. Ne... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN6146019
4 Mar 2020 NewDay Ltd UpheldBanking and creditMr H complains that NewDay Ltd, trading as Aqua, kept increasing his credit limit without checking he could afford the payments. And that they wrongly sold his account to a debt collection agency before helping him.backgroundI recently issued my provisional conclusions setting out the even... (10 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4146302
5 Jun 2023 NewDay Ltd Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-4146302 The complaint Mr G complains that NewDay Ltd trading as Debenhams lent to him irresponsibly. What happened In September 2017 Mr G applied for a Debenhams card. NewDay approved the application and gave Mr G a card with an initial credit limit of £500. The credit limit was increa... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-1715396
21 Jul 2020 NewDay Ltd Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-1715396 The complaintMr M’s complaint about NewDay Ltd trading as Aqua (NewDay) relates to Irresponsible lending and increases in his credit limit. What happenedOur investigator’s background summary covered all the relevant facts and issues, and is known to both Mr M and NewDay, so th... (3 pages)View decision
