Yorkshire Building Society to refund £8.4m for arrears charging errors

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Yorkshire Building Society Group is to refund all administration fees for mortgage arrears since January 2009 - totalling some £8.4m - after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) raised concerns about incorrect charges.

The regulator said some customers may have been charged incorrectly as a consequence of Yorkshire Building Societies' procedures not being robust enough. The total bill is expected to reach £8.4m with approximately 33,900 current and former customers receiving an average of £247 back in refunded fees. Clive Adamson, director of supervision, said: "The FCA has worked closely with Yorkshire Building Society to get to the heart of this issue and ensure that customers are refunded what they are owed. "We have been encouraged that they are now putting customers first by paying redress t...

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