Early this week Spain’s Council of Ministers approved the draft bill to establish the Financial Customer Protection Authority, a body that will defend banking customers free of charge for complaints up to 20,000 euros.
At the beginning of the week the Council of Ministers approved the draft bill that will create the Financial Customer Protection Authority, a free public service that will process complaints up to 20,000 euros while defending customers’ interests.
The new authority is designed to motivate financial institutions to resolve complaints about banking, insurance, capital market products, and emerging financial services swiftly and directly. Achieving that requires front-line teams who possess the right knowledge and skills—and, more importantly, who are able to apply them consistently in their daily work.
The authority will merge the existing complaints services of the Bank of Spain, the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), and the Directorate-General for Insurance and Pension Funds (DGSFP) to streamline the process. Customers will benefit from a free, unified channel that can be accessed in person or digitally without the need for legal representation.
Resolutions issued by the authority will be binding for financial institutions whenever the amount in dispute does not exceed 20,000 euros. The organisation will be funded by the institutions themselves, which will be charged a flat fee of 250 euros for every admitted complaint. Failure to comply with a binding decision will trigger sanctions, and the draft bill also discourages financial institutions from taking cases to court when they disagree with the authority’s decision.
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