# Barclays to compensate customers over mis-sold car finance deals

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/car-finance-barclays-becomes-first-big-lender-to-offer-payouts-for-mis-selling-of-loans/
- Published: 2026-11-03T13:34:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T13:47:20+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/03/car-finance-barclays-bank-offer-payouts-loans
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## Key points

- Barclays will offer early payouts to customers who complained.
- Offers use the FCA’s compensation model and must meet scheme levels.
- Waiting could bring more, less or no money, depending on the court case.

## Summary

Barclays is to offer compensation to tens of thousands of customers who complained about mis-sold car finance, becoming the first major UK lender to make payouts while a legal challenge to the industry scheme continues. The early offers could put money in some customers’ accounts before Christmas, but accepting means giving up the right to seek further compensation or bring related claims.

The Financial Conduct Authority announced a £9.1bn scheme in March, covering loans taken out from 2007 to 2024 where commission arrangements between lenders and dealers led drivers to be overcharged. Barclays will calculate offers using the FCA’s model, and customers will have a month to decide; accepting offers must be at least as much as the scheme would provide. If the legal challenge succeeds, those who wait could receive more, less or no compensation, with payments potentially delayed until 2028 or later.

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