
Britain’s Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has promised to ‘significantly’ reduce waiting times for complaints in 2020, but has warned the necessary recruitment could be affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Former Which? executive director Richard Lloyd has been appointed to lead the review into the operations of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
Mr Lloyd, currently vice chairman of the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, will take over his new duties immediately and is expected to produce his report by the end of June.Read More
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has agreed terms with MPs for a full independent review into the way FOS carries out its business.
The review was called for after a Channel 4 ‘Dispatches’ programme alleged that consumers had not been treated fairly when their appeals against rejections were investigated.Read More
MPs have written to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) demanding evidence that they have dealt with the problems highlighted in the shock Channel 4 Dispatches documentary.
Nicky Morgan, chair of the influential Treasury Select Committee, has written to Chief Ombudsman, Caroline Waynman, seeking assurances that the issues raised by the programme have been dealt with.Read More
An undercover operation by the Channel 4 “Dispatches” programme claims to have uncovered evidence that up to half a million people may have been cheated of a PPI payout by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS)
The shock allegation was aired in a special programme aired on March 12th and claimed some staff were so poorly trained they had to Google the name of the financial products they were investigating.Read More
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is expecting a major increase in the number of PPI cases it is asked to handle in 2018.
In its plans and budget for the coming year, which has just gone out for consultation, FOS says it expects to receive a quarter of a million new complaints – 70,000 up on the current year.Read More
You can do the claim directly yourself to the lender for no charge. You can also approach the Financial Ombudsman Service and Financial Services Compensation Scheme for free if you wish for them to review your case, if you have approached your lender first, and it falls within their remit.