YOU MAY HAVE A CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION
Are You Continually Overdrawn?
If you’ve had a big overdraft for a long time, an overdraft limit at a level you are unable to clear, or an overdraft causing you long-term financial distress, you may be entitled to a refund of charges.
Make a ClaimWhat are Overdraft refunds?
You are borrowing money when utilising an overdraft, just like with loans and credit cards. Your bank is providing you with credit up to an agreed limit based on your financial circumstances. Overdrafts provide a solution to short-term borrowing, not long-term borrowing.
Banks are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and should regularly review their customers’ financial circumstances. Where they notice signs of financial difficulty, they should offer support. A key sign of a client in financial distress is “hardcore borrowing” over an extended period.
“the position where a customer’s current account overdraft remains persistently overdrawn for more than a month without returning to credit during that period”.
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Checking you have a valid claim
Expert view: The emphasis on this claim is affordability. A successful claim illustrates that the overdraft was unaffordable and that the bank should have recognised this through the customer’s financial statement/credit record.
If ANY of the following apply to you, then you may have a claim against your bank.
- Overdraft is/was higher than your monthly income.
- Reliance on your overdraft for everyday bills.
- Direct debits or standing orders defaulting.
- Gambling transactions on your statements.
- Took out a loan or any other form of borrowing such as credit cards with your bank whilst overdrawn.
- Made redundant or lost your job.
- Increased borrowing with other lenders.
- A worsening credit record.
- Using payday loans.
- Increasing mortgage arrears.
- Making payment arrangements with other creditors.
- A reduction in income.
The Evidence you need
When you complain to your bank, you don’t need to supply any exact dates or statements; they already have this information.
However, everyone’s case is different. To bring a strong case to both the lender and FOS (if the bank rejects the initial complaint) it is a good idea to have some evidence or information to hand that could assist your complaint.
The information that you would need to gather is as follows:
- Name of Bank
- Current account number of the overdraft
- Overdraft limit amount
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*Key Dates (where applicable) such as:
- When the bank increased your overdraft and by how much
- When you started to use your overdraft for extended periods
- When your level of income changed
*Note - You don’t need to know the exact dates, the relevant year will suffice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Average Claim Pay-out
Claims can range from £100s to £1000s and depend upon factors including length the of time spent in overdraft. We will be looking to reclaim all the interest and charges that were added to your account alongside a further award of 8% simple interest added to any refund.
We will also request that all late payments and default notices be removed from your credit record.
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