Image source, Getty Images- Published3 November 2026, 09:45 GMT
Drivers may be offered compensation from lenders ahead of the next legal battle in the car finance mis-selling saga.
Regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it would welcome lenders making settlement offers as long as customers were not given a worse deal than under its proposed central scheme.
That scheme is facing a legal challenge, to be heard in February, with resulting compensation unlikely to be paid until late next year.
