The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has stated that banks will drop their legal challenge to paying compensation for mis-selling Payment Protection Insurance (PPI).
The volte face is a result of Lloyds giving up the fight last week, and announcing that it would set aside a £3.2BN compensation fund, closely followed by Barclays announcing that it has thrown in the towel.
However, before those with "£ signs" in their eyes start popping the champagne corks in anticipation of receiving a payout, customers of the banks should consider this. Banks will simply fund these claims by putting up charges on loans/credit cards and, most likely, will introduce charges for current accounts.
One way or another, it will not be the banks that end up paying the compensation.
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