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31.07.2023 - 08:11 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A new Consumer Duty comes into force on July 31, setting a higher bar for financial firms and giving customers more certainty that the product they are taking out does exactly ‘what it says on the tin’. Overseen by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), it sets higher and clearer standards of consumer protection across financial services, requiring firms to put customers’ needs at the heart of what they do.
The impacts of the new duty will be far-reaching, from the design of financial products through to the way firms treat their customers. Over time, it is hoped the duty will improve trust and confidence in financial services and it could help prevent rip-offs, unexpected charges, and potential future mis-selling scandals from happening in the first place.
Under the duty, firms will have to provide products which are fit for purpose, offer fair value and work as the customer expects. The duty could also potentially help prevent people from being sold unnecessary ‘add-ons’ to financial products, stopping them from wasting money. Firms should also be able to explain and justify their pricing decisions.
Nisha Arora, director of cross-cutting policy and strategy at the FCA, said: “People should know what they are paying and know what they are getting for what they pay.”
Asked what consumers will see from the higher standards, Ms Arora said firms will have to actively support and enable their customers to achieve their financial objectives. “It’s about helping their customers, rather than just sitting back,” she told the PA news agency.
“If we translate that into practice and the whole consumer journey, if I want a product or a service, I will know that it’s fit for me, it’s fit for use, it’s the right thing for me and it offers
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FX has set Tuesday, November 14 for the premiere of A Murder at the End of the World, the seven-episode limited series that stars Emma Corrin, Clive Owen, Harris Dickinson and Brit Marling. The Disney-owned network earlier had pushed the date from its original August 29 slot to November due to the Hollywood strikes and now we have a specific date.
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Olivia Newton-John made her presence felt out of the blue. Well, more like, blue form.While speaking to on the one-year anniversary of Newton-John's death, the star's daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, and widower, John Easterling, shared the eerie way the late actress has kept a «supernatural» promise she made years ago.«Two weeks after she passed my phone accidentally took a picture of my dog, and there floating by his head was a little blue orb, the same color as this,» said Lattanzi, 37, while pointing to an aquamarine pendant necklace gifted to her by her late mother before she died. «Mom and I had talked years back.
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