FCA urges small firms to apply for rate-swap scandal compensation

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is urging thousands of small firms affected by the interest rate swaps mis-selling scandal to hurry up with their compensation claims or risk missing out on money due to them.

They have yet to opt in to the official review, with the FCA warning that time is running out, the Daily Mail reports. Banks' redress payments to customers embroiled in the interest rate swap mis-selling scandal surged to £158.6m in December, paid out to just over 1,000 firms, putting most banks on track to reach their projected review targets. Figures released by the FCA showed that Barclays, Lloyds and the Royal Bank of Scotland all surpassed their set targets for determining redress for reviewed cases in December, while HSBC lagged behind its initial projection by one percentage po...

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