FCA Shockers

BEIS Once Led By Kwasi Kwarteng Appear Not Arsed About the FCA Report Into Lenders Abusing BBL Customers – The FCA However Are Eager to Talk they Know BBL Lenders are Scamming the Scheme

“The FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) is a part of the government and BEIS (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy) is also a part of government, and so we would not provide a commentary on another part of government’s report” was the reply I got after asking BEIS for a comment on the shocking report compiled by the FCA regarding abuse of SME customers and those with a Bounce Back Loan. […]

The Disqualification Files

Massively Over-Egging His Business Turnover and Admitting Using a Bounce Back Loan for Personal Use Sees Company Director Hit with a 9 Year Disqualification

They do say honesty is the best policy, and after holding his hands up and admitting he used a £35k Bounce Back Loan from Barclays for personal use and as it was discovered his business turnover was nowhere near the required amount to get a BBL of that value, a Company Director gets slapped with a 9-year disqualification. […]

The Disqualification Files

6 Year Disqualification for Company Director Who Used a £50k Lloyds Bank Bounce Back Loan for Personal Benefit

The Insolvency Service sure are going to be busy moving forward, in fact their workload has been somewhat boosted recently with the number of Company Directors who wound up their businesses with a Bounce Back Loan owing. That always sees a full investigation into whether the business was eligible for the BBL and whether it was used correctly. Here is an overview of a recent case which resulted in a 6-year disqualification when BBL wrongdoing was discovered. […]

Vulnerable BBL'ers

The Financial Conduct Authority Drops a MOAB On The Bounce Back Loan Scheme Revealing All Manner of Shady/Dodgy Goings-on With Lenders Behind the Scenes

What a surprise, having taken 100’s of calls already on my Fireside Chatline, and spoken to no end of people being treated appallingly by Bounce Back Loan Lenders and/or their third-party agents, the latter who seem equally as gormless/clueless in many instances as the bank staff, the FCA have just dropped a Mother of All Bombs on the already imploded BBL Scheme. […]