The financial ombudsman service is taking 1,500 new claims for payment protection insurance (PPI) compensation every day, figures show. Complaints numbers have totalled 400,000, but remain only a "drop in the ocean" compared to all PPI complaints. The ombudsman deals with cases that cannot be resolved between a consumer and financial institution. It has found in favour of the consumer in seven out of every 10 cases it has dealt with.
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PPI was sold along with loans and credit cards, wrongly in many cases, to cover repayments if people became ill or lost their jobs. Banks are in the process of paying out £9bn in compensation to borrowers who were..........Read more HERE