Santander fined £1.5m by FSA over investment cover

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 20th February 2012 13:43.

Santander has been fined £1.5m for being too slow to explain to customers whether investments were covered by a financial safety net. The Financial......

Rather than enrich your heirs, these plans – which are advertised by the likes of Michael Parkinson, Gloria Hunniford and Cilla Black – can leave pensioners thousands of pounds out of pocket, says Which?

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HSBC Fined £10.5m For Bad Advice To Elderly

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 5th December 2011 12:30.

*Banking giant HSBC has been fined £10.5m for giving "inappropriate investment advice" to elderly customers.* It is the largest ever retail fine......

Private bank Coutts fined £6.3m by the FSA

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 8th November 2011 22:53.

Private bank Coutts has been fined £6.3m by City watchdog the FSA for the way it sold investments to clients. The fine surrounds the sale of bonds...
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Scottish Widows facing compensation bill after glitch puts pension savings in wrong investments

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th October 2011 17:56.

A system glitch has hit thousands of Scottish Widows savers whose pensions were switched into the wrong investments...

Shake-up may see Cheltenham & Gloucester and TSB vanish from High Street

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 30th September 2011 08:09.

The Cheltenham & Gloucester and TSB brands could disappear from the High Street under plans being drawn up one of Britain’s...

Financial Ombudsman Key Facts

• It’s their job to sort out individual complaints that consumers and financial businesses haven't been able to resolve themselves.
• They were set up by parliament to do this – as independent experts

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Right, just a little query here.

Maybe a bit confusing but here goes......
Back in 2004 we had our first ever secured loan, this was set up by a broker called Click Finance. The lender was Endeavour Personal Finance.

The broker dissolved in 2006 but continued to run...

History

• ran up debts on several credit cards over several years till it got out of hand
• went to CAB and saw one of their debt councillors
• some good tips - like: don't speak to them on the phone!
• but CAB no real help
• heard about UE in the media
• wrote and sent Own letters with

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“WE want the banks to pay not just by the letter of the tax law, but by its spirit,” insisted George Osborne last week, announcing...