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by 21 December 2011In recent years we’ve seen the sale of a number of high street banks, in 2008 the government bought the majority of shares in RBS.
by Claims Financial 20 December 2011As message board forums across the internet will testify, clawing back your money from the banks when you have been mis-sold PPI can be a long and gruelling process.
by Claims Financial 20 December 2011The PPI scandal has affected millions of people in the UK, and has been widely condemned as a massively unfair and scandalous practice.
by Claims Financial 15 December 2011NatWest has this week admitted in writing that it forged a customer’s signature on the terms and conditions on a loan.
by Claims Financial 14 December 20112011 has been a busy year for claims management companies, solicitor firms and the Financial Ombudsman Service, all of whom helped customers reclaim mis-sold PPI from their banks.
by Claims Financial 12 December 2011You may have heard recently that those reclaiming Payment Protection Insurance from their bank or lender could face a tax on their compensation. While this is largely true, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
by Claims Financial 09 December 2011Reclaiming mis-sold PPI from banks can be a daunting task, especially if they turn around and refuse the claim for whatever reason they may have.
by Claims Financial 08 December 2011If a person has taken out a loan, a mortgage, or a credit card from their bank in the last ten years, it is more than likely they have been mis-sold a type of insurance called Payment Protection Insurance (also known as PPI).
by Claims Financial 07 December 2011You may have heard on TV and in the newspapers of the millions being handed out in compensation for PPI, scrupulously checked your statements for the letters “PPI” and abandoned the project after failing to find them.
by Claims Financial 06 December 2011Since investigations have unearthed the PPI banking scandal that has affected thousands of people in the UK, people are finding that claiming for PPI compensation is not always the simple task it should be.