'Vicious circle' for people pushed to wrong debt help
A BBC investigation finds companies making money from entering people into the wrong debt solutions.
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A BBC investigation finds companies making money from entering people into the wrong debt solutions.
<p><span data-contrast="none">The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is banning certain providers of debt advice from receiving referral fees from debt solution providers. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
The city watchdog will ban certain debt advice referral fees which saw struggling people unnecessarily pay thousands of pounds for often unsuitable options which lined the pockets of packagers.
<p><span>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to push ahead with proposals to ban debt packager firms from receiving referral fees from debt solution providers, following further analysis of the market.</span></p>