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FSCS open and operating as normal

 

See our COVID-19 – FSCS update for customers. If you work for the NHS and need our support, please contact us so we can discuss the claims process with you.

FSCS protects you when financial firms fail

Set-up by parliament and funded by the financial services industry, FSCS is a completely independent and free service.

You’ll keep all the compensation you are owed when you claim directly through us.

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Protection checker

Use our protection checker to check your money's safe.

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Banks & building societies

Protection for bank and building society accounts.

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Credit unions

Protection against failed financial co-operatives

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Pensions

Protection against failed pension providers and investments

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Mortgages

Bad mortgage advice and mis-sold mortgage endowments

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Insurance

Cover against insurance company and insurance broker/adviser failures

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Investments

Compensation for investments with firms that have failed

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PPI

Mis-sold PPI after 14 Jan 2005 and the firm's now gone?

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Debt management

Protection against debt management firm failures

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