As the Office of Fair Trading waits to hear from the Supreme Court with regards to whether it can set fair overdraft charge levels for banks a report has been released that indicates banks could end up paying billions of pounds back to consumers in returned overdraft charges, which would come as a huge blow given their current financial status. In fact, banks could be forced to pay back up to £20 billion in returned overdraft charges if the Office of Fair Trading wins the case. (more…)
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