Don’t get caught out by financial pitfalls
26 January 2026
As students return to university after Christmas, we are urging them to be aware of financial pitfalls and make informed choices.
Information about the Financial Ombudsman Service’s Board commissioned independent review.
Our Board has commissioned an independent external review of our service. The commissioning of independent reviews is something the Board undertakes periodically. Previous reviews can be found on our website.
The current review focuses on ensuring that the Financial Ombudsman Service can continue to meet the needs of its customers, both consumers and business. The review will be split into two parts:
The independent management consultancy will be reaching out to a range of stakeholders as part of the review to ensure they obtain a broad range of input from those that the service work with regularly.
The review is being conducted over the summer. The results will be available in the autumn on the website, where we publish all our periodic review findings.
26 January 2026
As students return to university after Christmas, we are urging them to be aware of financial pitfalls and make informed choices.
13 January 2026
We have proposed ambitious targets for the next financial year, and would like to remind stakeholders that our consultation closes on 21 January 2026.
2 January 2026
A new interest rate applies to the compensation we direct financial businesses to make for cases referred to our service on and after 1 January 2026.