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The Financial Services Authority has fined Capital One £175,000 for failing to have adequate systems and controls for selling payment protection insurance and for failing to treat its customers fairly.

Law firm CMS Cameron McKenna is holding a seminar on payment protection insurance, with advice on mitigating risks and handling complaints effectively.

The British Bankers Association has hit back at the Office of Fair Trading's decision to refer payment protection insurance sales to the Competition Commission.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association says it is launching a series of payment protection insurance products with enhanced benefits and improved commissions to boost intermediary and consumer confidence in the market.

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A handful of the UK's largest banks and lenders are set to be landed with multi-million pound fines from the Financial Services Authority over the next few weeks for mis-selling payment protection insurance, reports the Independent .

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Plans to provide national generic advice to boost financial capability will need to be supported by more than the £50m announced earlier this week, suggests Standard Life.

The majority of mortgage intermediaries offer payment protection policies from more than one provider, according to the last census from the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries.

The Financial Services Authority is to investigate additional firms in a new phase of work designed to improve sales standards in the payment protection insurance market.