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The FCA fines Vanquis £1,976,000 for failure to disclose full price of an add-on product

The FCA has fined credit card lender, Vanquis, £1,976,000 and ordered it to pay compensation to customers for failing to disclose the full price of an add-on product called Repayment Option Plan.

In particular, the FCA found that Vanquis breached Principle 6 (Customers’ interests) and Principle 7 (Communications with clients) of the FCA’s Principles for Businesses between 1 April 2014 and 19 April 2016 in relation to its telephone sales of an optional add-on product, the ROP (as defined below), to its credit card customers.

 

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