AFB pledges to focus on PPI in 2008

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Resolving the "ongoing issue" of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) will be one of three key priorities for the Association of Finance Brokers (AFB) in 2008, it has announced.

The AFB says it will also assess ways of raising standards across the industry for consumers, and support the introduction of new technology to the sector. It is forming a series of working groups to look at these issues and is calling on members of all sectors of the industry to contribute. Robert Sinclair, AFB director, says: “We are determined to lead the agenda in the secured loans sector over the next 12 months and work with the industry to find solutions to the common issues we face. “The task [of the working groups] will be to set out the issues facing the industry and establis...

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