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Western EuropeJuly 1 2021

Lessons for banks from subprime lender Amigo’s woes

A UK high court decision means that if a bank wants to bind customers into a compensation scheme, it needs to consider what is a ‘fair level’ of compensation.
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Lessons for banks from subprime lender Amigo’s woes

Banks will need to carefully consider the implications of the UK high court’s May 24 decision to reject a scheme of arrangement proposed by British subprime lender Amigo Loans, on the grounds that the proposed scheme to deal with complaints of mis-selling was not fair.

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) intervention caused the court to refuse to sanction the scheme, even though it had been approved by the requisite majority of creditors.

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