Banking

Central Bank starts engagement after UK claims of car loan mis-selling

The regulator said it will engage with Irish lenders to ensure they have not breached consumer protection rules here

Close Brothers, a London-based merchant bank, is among a number of lenders included in the FCA’s current investigation.

Close Brothers, one of the largest providers of car finance loans in the Irish market, is being investigated by the British financial regulators over claims that banks mis-sold motor finance loans for over a decade.

The Central Bank of Ireland has said it is “aware” of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) investigation in Britain, and that it will now “engage” with Irish lenders to ensure they have not breached similar consumer protection rules here.

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