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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff

UK watchdogs say they will take action against ‘threatening’ debt collectors

a debt collection letter next to a pair of glasses and a calculator
The FCA, Ofgem, Ofwat and Ofcom joined forces to warn against threatening debt collection tactics that risked customers’ mental health. Photograph: David Burton/Alamy

UK regulators are warning they will take “robust action” against firms that are putting consumers’ mental health at risk by using threatening tones and inundating already-vulnerable borrowers with letters, calls and emails, about their debts.

Watchdogs have published a joint letter, calling on companies to improve their debt collection practices, after identifying shortcomings across the financial services industry, as well the communications, water and energy sectors.

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