What consumers should know about vehicle repossessions
The Ombudsman for Banking Services sets out the legal position regarding prescription, repossession, and a voluntary surrender.
Ombudsman for Banking Services
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Online fraudsters are employing increasingly sophisticated techniques to scam the public out of their personal details and money.
Single Financial Ombudsman scheme set to go live in 2024
The amalgamated scheme will later include the FAIS Ombud and the JSE Ombud.
The two banks with the biggest increase in complaints in 2022
Complaints about current accounts and digital banking were the two largest categories of cases opened with the ombudsman.
Three cases where the banking ombudsman helped consumers
In one case, the OBS’s intervention resulted in the bank cutting its executor’s fees by 50%.
Ombudsman sets out what consumers should know about prescription
The Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) has issued a communication that alerts consumers to their rights when it comes to debt that has prescribed. According to ombudsman Reana Steyn, most consumers are ignorant […]
FNB the only major bank to buck trend of higher complaints
First National Bank (FNB) was the only bank among the country’s “big five” banks that recorded a decrease in the number of cases opened against it by the Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) […]
