Hundreds of people falling victim to romance scams, the Financial Ombudsman Service warns
25 March 2026
Between January 2025 and March 2026, we received over 500 complaints about romance scams.
Latest complaints data on individual financial businesses
Today we've published our latest six-monthly complaints data on individual businesses and groups.
The data features complaint numbers about banks, insurance companies and other financial businesses. These figures cover financial businesses only where we received at least 30 new cases and resolved at least 30 cases in the six-month period from 1 July to 31 December 2018.
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New measures to modernise and transform the UK redress system
16 March 2026
The Financial Ombudsman Service and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are strengthening the redress system so consumers get fair and quick compensation when things go wrong, and businesses have more certainty to invest, grow and compete.
The Financial Ombudsman Service urges young drivers to make informed decisions with car insurance
10 March 2026
We are urging young drivers across the UK to make well-informed decisions when taking out car insurance.