Here is a table of the banks and other financial institutions that most people are complaining to the financial onbudsman about. Read their news article: ombudsman releases latest complaints data on individual financial businesses
| business name | business group | number of new cases - by complaint category | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| banking and credit | mortgages and home finance | general insurance | investments | life & pensions and decumulation | Lloyds TSB Bank Plc | Lloyds | 12750 | 4051 | 38 | 8474 | 103 | 84 |
| Barclays Bank Plc | Barclays | 7991 | 4797 | 473 | 2205 | 380 | 136 |
| Bank of Scotland plc | Lloyds | 6211 | 3876 | 500 | 1548 | 153 | 134 |
| Santander UK Plc | Santander UK | 4881 | 3214 | 434 | 977 | 119 | 137 |
| HSBC Bank plc | HSBC | 3286 | 1718 | 97 | 1344 | 85 | 42 |
| National Westminster Bank Plc | Royal Bank Of Scotland | 2810 | 1617 | 105 | 1027 | 37 | 24 |
| The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc | Royal Bank Of Scotland | 2250 | 618 | 83 | 1499 | 30 | 20 |
| Black Horse Limited | Lloyds | 2136 | 259 | 1 | 1876 | 0 | 0 |
| Welcome Financial Services Limited | Welcome | 1954 | 344 | 2 | 1608 | 0 | 0 |
| Clydesdale Bank Plc | National Australia Group | 1807 | 419 | 66 | 1302 | 11 | 9 |
| Capital One Bank (Europe) plc | Capital One | 1662 | 819 | 0 | 843 | 0 | 0 |
| MBNA Europe Bank Limited | MBNA | 1641 | 1184 | 0 | 457 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationwide Building Society | Nationwide | 1104 | 594 | 120 | 299 | 53 | 38 |
| Egg Banking Plc | Citibank | 980 | 594 | 5 | 380 | 1 | 0 |
| CitiFinancial Europe Plc | Citibank | 788 | 528 | 6 | 254 | 0 | 0 |
| Clydesdale Financial Services Limited | Barclays | 717 | 701 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| The Co-operative Bank Plc | CO-OP | 697 | 295 | 59 | 295 | 25 | 23 |
| Aviva Insurance UK Limited | AVIVA | 591 | 0 | 0 | 580 | 3 | 8 |
| Eisis Ltd | No Group | 582 | 0 | 0 | 582 | 0 | 0 |
| HFC Bank Limited | HSBC | 577 | 113 | 1 | 463 | 0 | 0 |
| AXA Insurance UK Plc | AXA | 532 | 0 | 0 | 532 | 0 | 0 |
| Alliance & Leicester Plc | Santander UK | 491 | 430 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 3 |
| Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited | AVIVA | 481 | 0 | 19 | 64 | 75 | 323 |
| Direct Line Insurance Plc | Royal Bank Of Scotland | 478 | 0 | 0 | 478 | 0 | 0 |
| Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc | Royal & Sun Alliance | 452 | 0 | 0 | 452 | 0 | 0 |
| St Andrew's Insurance plc | Lloyds | 426 | 0 | 0 | 425 | 0 | 1 |
| The Prudential Assurance Company Limited | Prudential PLC | 416 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 27 | 350 |
| Tesco Personal Finance PLC | Tesco Personal Finance | 414 | 66 | 0 | 348 | 0 | 0 |
| Santander Cards UK Limited | No Group | 402 | 345 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| Firstplus Financial Group Plc | Barclays | 393 | 51 | 21 | 321 | 0 | 0 |
| Wills & Co Stockbrokers Ltd | No Group | 387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 387 | 0 |
| UK Insurance Limited | Royal Bank Of Scotland | 386 | 0 | 0 | 386 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Rock (Asset Management) plc | Northern Rock | 379 | 46 | 193 | 132 | 0 | 8 |
| Phoenix Life Limited | Pearl Group | 375 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 32 | 294 |
| Lloyds TSB General Insurance Limited | Lloyds | 364 | 0 | 0 | 364 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Trust Plc | Central Trust | 351 | 9 | 7 | 335 | 0 | 0 |
| Inter Partner Assistance | No Group | 347 | 0 | 0 | 347 | 0 | 0 |
| Loans.co.uk Ltd | MBNA | 335 | 1 | 1 | 333 | 0 | 0 |
| Churchill Insurance Company Limited | Royal Bank Of Scotland | 329 | 0 | 0 | 329 | 0 | 0 |
| The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited | Royal London Group | 329 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 14 | 246 |
| Co-operative Insurance Society Limited | CO-OP | 307 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 41 | 196 |
| Legal & General Assurance Society Limited | Legal & General | 298 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 54 | 196 |
| Zurich Insurance PLC | Zurich | 281 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 0 | 0 |
| Shop Direct Finance Company Limited | Shop Direct Group | 263 | 196 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Zurich Assurance Ltd | Zurich | 248 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 194 |
| The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Bank of Ireland | 229 | 133 | 37 | 53 | 1 | 5 |
| Legal & General Insurance Limited | Legal & General | 211 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanquis Bank Limited | No Group | 208 | 203 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Allianz Insurance Plc | Allianz Insurance | 199 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 0 | 1 |
| Cheltenham & Gloucester plc | Lloyds | 199 | 4 | 170 | 17 | 0 | 8 |
| Pinnacle Insurance Plc | Cardiff Pinnacle | 196 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 0 | 1 |
| Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited | No Group | 189 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 168 |
| CIS General Insurance Limited | CO-OP | 184 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 1 |
| Scottish Widows plc | Lloyds | 178 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 20 | 88 |
| The Society of Lloyd's | No Group | 177 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 0 | 0 |
| Standard Life Assurance Limited | Standard Life | 170 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 151 |
| Marks & Spencer Financial Services plc | HSBC | 168 | 76 | 0 | 91 | 1 | 0 |
| Chartis Insurance UK Ltd | No Group | 166 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 0 | 0 |
| PayPal Sarl & Cie, SCA | No Group | 165 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Express Services Europe Limited | No Group | 164 | 109 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| Fortis Insurance Limited | Fortis Insurance Limited | 153 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 0 | 0 |
| Europ Assistance Holdings Limited | Europ Assistance | 152 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 0 | 0 |
| Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Limited | Liverpool Victoria Group | 146 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 0 |
| Windsor Life Assurance Company Limited | SWISS RE | 144 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 123 |
| Yorkshire Building Society | Yorkshire | 143 | 33 | 60 | 35 | 3 | 12 |
| Bradford & Bingley Plc | Bradford & Bingley | 142 | 3 | 41 | 41 | 11 | 46 |
| GE Money Home Lending Limited | General Electric | 135 | 25 | 58 | 51 | 1 | 0 |
| Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) Plc | No Group | 134 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0 | 0 |
| Aviva Insurance Limited | AVIVA | 133 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 2 | 1 |
| Norton Insurance Services Ltd | No Group | 131 | 1 | 2 | 128 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainsbury's Bank Plc | Sainsburys Bank | 129 | 127 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AIB Group (UK) Plc | No Group | 126 | 91 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Friends Provident Life and Pensions Limited | Friends Provident | 123 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 96 |
| The National Insurance & Guarantee Corporation Ltd | Royal Bank Of Scotland | 123 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 0 |
| BISL Limited | No Group | 121 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 |
| Nemo Personal Finance Limited | Principality | 114 | 4 | 1 | 109 | 0 | 0 |
| Santander Consumer (UK) Plc | No Group | 111 | 88 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| EUI Limited | Admiral Group | 110 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 |
| Sesame Limited | Sesame | 108 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 65 |
| UK Car Group Limited | No Group | 107 | 9 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 0 |
| AXA Sun Life Plc | AXA | 98 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 59 |
| Domestic & General Insurance Plc | Domestic & General Insurance PLC | 97 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
| esure Insurance Limited | ESURE | 97 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
| Hastings Insurance Services Ltd | No Group | 96 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 |
| Pearl Assurance Public Limited Company | Pearl Group | 93 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 78 |
| The Carphone Warehouse Ltd | No Group | 93 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulster Bank Ltd | Royal Bank Of Scotland | 93 | 38 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 1 |
| Halifax Insurance Ireland Ltd | Lloyds | 89 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 |
| AXA Sun Life Services Plc | AXA | 87 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 55 |
| Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (UK) Limited | No Group | 87 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 81 |
| GE Money Consumer Lending Limited | General Electric | 86 | 50 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Homeserve Membership Limited | No Group | 86 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 |
| BUPA Insurance Limited | BUPA | 84 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 |
| SLFC Assurance (UK) Limited | No Group | 84 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 66 |
| Mortgage Express | Bradford & Bingley | 80 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Acromas Insurance Company Limited | No Group | 78 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
| Amtrust International Underwriters Ltd | No Group | 77 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 |
| Shop Direct Home Shopping Limited | Shop Direct Group | 76 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited | No Group | 75 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| Ocean Finance and Mortgages Limited | No Group | 75 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| MMA Insurance Plc | No Group | 73 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Raphael & Sons Plc | No Group | 71 | 61 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| BRIT Insurance Limited | No Group | 70 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| Citibank International plc | Citibank | 69 | 52 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| Winterthur Life UK Limited | AXA | 69 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 61 |
| Groupama Insurance Company Limited | Groupama | 65 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| Countrywide Assured Plc | No Group | 64 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 51 |
| Barclays Stockbrokers Limited | Barclays | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 |
| Southern Rock Insurance Company Limited | No Group | 59 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
| Barclays Life Assurance Company Ltd | SWISS RE | 58 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 40 |
| Hitachi Capital (UK) Plc | No Group | 58 | 51 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Mondial Assistance Europe N.V. | No Group | 58 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| London and Edinburgh Insurance Company Limited | AVIVA | 57 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| Barclays Insurance (Dublin) Limited | Barclays | 55 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| Saga Services Limited | No Group | 55 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Equitable Plc | Aegon Group | 55 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 27 |
| Creation Consumer Finance Ltd | No Group | 54 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Pacific Mortgage Limited | No Group | 54 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ING Direct N.V. | No Group | 53 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kensington Mortgage Company Limited | No Group | 53 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Royal Liver Assurance Limited | No Group | 52 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 45 |
| Canada Life Limited | Canada Life | 50 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 30 |
| Northern Rock plc | No Group | 50 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Insurance Limited | No Group | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Admiral Insurance Company Limited | Admiral Group | 49 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Aviva Health UK Limited | AVIVA | 49 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| AXA PPP Healthcare Limited | AXA | 49 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Openwork Limited | Zurich | 49 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 15 |
| Swinton Group Ltd | No Group | 48 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| BMW Financial Services(GB) Limited | No Group | 47 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Friendly Assurance Society Limited | No Group | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 19 |
| Equiniti Financial Services Limited | No Group | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| The Funding Corporation Limited | No Group | 44 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| The National Farmers' Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited | National Farmers Union Mutual Society Limited | 44 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 3 |
| Automobile Association Insurance Services Limited | No Group | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Future Mortgages Limited | Citibank | 42 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Skipton Building Society | Skipton Group | 42 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited | Liverpool Victoria Group | 41 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 17 |
| Guardian Assurance Plc | Aegon Group | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 |
| Banque PSA Finance | No Group | 38 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mandrake Associates Limited | No Group | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Norwich and Peterborough Building Society | No Group | 38 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
| Preferred Mortgages Limited | No Group | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc | St James Place | 38 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 |
| Amtrust Europe Limited | No Group | 37 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Europ Assistance Insurance Limited | Europ Assistance | 37 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Bank Limited | No Group | 37 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Simplyhealth Access | No Group | 37 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd | Lloyds | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| National Savings and Investments | No Group | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Equitable Life Assurance Society | No Group | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 30 |
| GMAC UK Plc | No Group | 33 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Newcastle Building Society | No Group | 32 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Skandia Life Assurance Company Limited | Old Mutual (Skandia) | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 24 |
| Clerical Medical Investment Group Limited | Lloyds | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 |
| Gresham Insurance Company Limited | AVIVA | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Provident Insurance Plc | No Group | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Assurant General Insurance Limited | No Group | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited | No Group | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) Limited | No Group | 30 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |