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Ombudsman News 181
News
Welcome to the latest edition of Ombudsman News. In this edition we highlight our latest blogs about our trial to permanently introduce ‘proactively settled’ complaints and our new online guidance on discrimination complaints. We also share details of roles we’re currently recruiting for.
Published 18/05/2023 Last updated 18/05/2023
Financial Ombudsman Service reveals top five most complained about products
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The Financial Ombudsman Service has published its annual complaints data for the 2022/23 financial year (1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023) along with insight into the common problems raised by consumers.
Published 14/06/2023 Last updated 14/06/2023
Financial Ombudsman Service warns of increase in ‘hybrid’ scams
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New data shows that in the 2022/23 financial year, the Financial Ombudsman Service received 21,918 fraud and scam complaints, up by almost a fifth when compared to the 18,450 complaints it received in 2021/22.
Published 28/06/2023 Last updated 28/06/2023
Mortgage Charter: more options and flexibility for people in financial difficulty
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The commitments made by the mortgage industry, and the changes to the FCA’s rules, give lenders the opportunity to give borrowers in financial difficulty additional help.
Published 30/06/2023 Last updated 30/06/2023
I’m taking out payday loan after payday loan – and I can’t get out of my debt
Decisions and case studies / Case studies
Orla asked us to step in when her payday lender refused to help her with her debts.
Published 21/06/2019 Last updated 14/07/2025
A consumer complains he can’t afford increased overdraft charges
Decisions and case studies / Case studies
Ben’s bank changed the way they were applying charges to his overdraft. This meant he ended up paying much more to service his debt.
Published 20/06/2019 Last updated 14/07/2025
Ombudsman News 185
News
Welcome to the latest edition of Ombudsman News. In this edition we highlight our latest blog which outlines ways of working with us during the complaint-handling process, and the support and resources we offer. We also share our latest data, covering complaints about financial businesses from the first half of 2023.
Published 24/10/2023 Last updated 24/10/2023
Customer complains - but lender says it's too late
Decisions and case studies / Case studies
Aleksei took out an interest-only mortgage in 2001. In 2014 he complained that he didn’t have a way of repaying it.
Published 21/06/2019 Last updated 14/07/2025
An insurer doesn’t make their exclusions clear enough
Decisions and case studies / Case studies
When Fiona tried to claim for her stolen car, the insurer said she’d been reckless in leaving her keys in the car and they wouldn’t pay out.
Published 22/06/2019 Last updated 14/07/2025
Insurer makes admin mistakes which led to unreasonable delays
Decisions and case studies / Case studies
Andrew complains about the time taken to repair his car and the quality of the repair.
Published 22/06/2019 Last updated 14/07/2025
