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 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-3882776
16 Jan 2023 NewDay Ltd UpheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-3882776 The complaint Mr D complains that NewDay Ltd trading as Marbles lent to him irresponsibly by increasing his credit limit. What happened In April 2016 Mr D opened a credit card account with NewDay with an initial credit limit of £250. In November 2016 NewDay increased the credit... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-3525846
25 Aug 2022 NewDay Ltd Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-3525846 The complaint Mr N complains that NewDay Ltd (“NewDay”), trading as Aqua, irresponsibly granted him credit that he couldn’t afford to repay. What happened NewDay approved a credit card application for Mr N in December 2020. The credit limit was set at £900 and was increased to ... (2 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-3568944
1 Jul 2022 NewDay Ltd UpheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-3568944 The complaint Mr T complains that NewDay Ltd lent irresponsibly when it approved credit card applications for its Aqua and Amazon accounts and later increased the credit limits. What happened The background to this complaint and my initial conclusions were set out in my provisi... (4 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-2703769
6 Apr 2021 NewDay Ltd Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-2703769 The complaint Miss L complains that NewDay Ltd trading as Aqua was irresponsible in offering her a credit card in 2015. She’d like it to write off the balance and to refund all the interest already paid. What happened Miss L applied for an Aqua credit card in September 2015. He... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-3585299
27 Jul 2022 NewDay Ltd UpheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-3585299 The complaint Ms C complains that NewDay Ltd lent to her irresponsibly. What happened In August 2015 Ms C opened a store card account with NewDay. She had an account limit of £1,000 which was increased to £1,300 in February 2016. Ms C says that NewDay shouldn’t have lent to her... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-3587403
28 Sep 2022 NewDay Ltd UpheldConsumer CreditDRN-3587403 The complaint Miss K says NewDay Ltd irresponsibly lent to her. She has requested that not only should the interest and late payment charges she paid on the accounts be refunded but she also thinks the debt should be written off. What happened This complaint is about two accoun... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4212609
14 Jul 2023 NewDay Ltd UpheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-4212609 The complaint Mrs Z complained that NewDay Ltd lent to her irresponsibly. What happened In February 2021 Mrs Z applied for a Fluid credit card account. NewDay approved the application and gave Mrs Z a card with an initial credit limit of £600. The credit limit was increased to ... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-3594533
14 Jul 2022 NewDay Ltd UpheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-3594533 The complaint Mr C says NewDay Ltd, trading as Aqua, irresponsibly lent to him. What happened Mr C applied for a credit card in April 2014. It was approved with a limit of £250 and he was given six subsequent credit limit increases by NewDay. A summary follows. Mr C says NewDay... (3 pages)View decision
