Arbiter's Decisions
You can search for decisions delivered by the Arbiter for Financial Services and judgements delivered by the Court of Appeal (Civil, Inferior) for those decisions that have been appealed.
You may refine your search as wanted by the name of the financial services provider, the language of the decision, the decision year, decision date from/to, the sector, decision outcome, and whether the decision has been appealed or not. If you select by sector (e.g. 'Banking'), you may filter down your choice by selecting issue (e.g. 'Charges') and/or product (e.g. 'Cards'). Please browse the drop-down filters on the left-hand side.
The database of Arbiter's decisions is updated periodically. In accordance with the OAFS policy, complainants' names in such decisions are pseudonymised (the actual names are replaced by unrelated alphabetical references).
The remit of the Arbiter for Financial Services is to investigate and adjudicate complaints lodged by eligible complainants (individuals and micro-enterprises) against financial services providers who are licensed or authorised by the Maltese financial services regulator. When cases are referred to the Arbiter and a decision is issued, such a decision is binding on both parties.
Either party can request the Arbiter for clarification or correction to any computation, clerical, typographical, or similar errors within 15 days from the delivery of a decision. Decisions may be upheld in full, partially upheld, or rejected, and may be appealed by any of the parties.
As to the Court of Appeal (Civil, Inferior) judgements, we refer to the Court Services Agency's eCourts website (https://ecourts.gov.mt/onlineservices/) for the relevant case reference numbers and appeal judgements. Information about appealed decisions on our website is updated periodically. However, such information should always be cross-checked with the eCourts website as we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to its completeness, accuracy or reliability.
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ASF case reference | Financial Service Provider | Outcome | Date of Arbiter's Decision | Appeal Court reference |
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ASF 057/2018 | MeDirect Bank (Malta) P.l.c | Upheld by Arbiter | 11/02/2019 | Not Appealed |
ASF 055/2017 | Crystal Finance Investments Limited | Upheld by Arbiter | 15/01/2019 | 03/2019 |
ASF 089/2018 | Bank of Valletta plc | Upheld by Arbiter | 15/01/2019 | 007/2019 |
ASF 061/2018 | Bank of Valletta plc | Upheld by Arbiter | 15/01/2019 | 05/2019 |
ASF 078/2018 | Bank of Valletta plc | Upheld by Arbiter | 15/01/2019 | 004/2019 |
ASF 004/2018 | Bank of Valletta plc | Upheld by Arbiter | 15/01/2019 | 006/2019 |
ASF 408/2016 | Curmi & Partners Ltd | Partially Upheld by Arbiter | 15/01/2019 | Not Appealed |
ASF 039/2017 | Montaldo Insurance Agency Limited | Upheld by Arbiter | 15/01/2019 | Not Appealed |
ASF 433/2016 | Hollingsworth International Financial Services Limited | Upheld by Arbiter | 15/01/2019 | Not Appealed |
ASF 042/2017 | Crystal Finance Investments Limited | Not Upheld | 10/12/2018 | Not Appealed |
ASF 017/2017 | Crystal Finance Investments Limited | Upheld by Arbiter | 10/12/2018 | 172/2018 |
ASF 162/2017 | Crystal Finance Investments Limited | Upheld by Arbiter | 10/12/2018 | 171/2018 |
ASF 456/2016 | Hollingsworth International Financial Services Limited | Not Upheld | 04/12/2018 | 169/2018 |
ASF 075/2017 | Crystal Finance Investments Limited | Upheld by Arbiter | 04/12/2018 | 168/2018 |
ASF 034/2017 | All Invest Company Limited | Upheld by Arbiter | 04/12/2018 | Not Appealed |
ASF 431/2016 | HSBC Life Assurance (Malta) Limited | Upheld by Arbiter | 04/12/2018 | Not Appealed |
ASF 011/2017 | Crystal Finance Investments Limited | Upheld by Arbiter | 04/12/2018 | Not Appealed |
ASF 124/2017 | Calamatta Cuschieri Investment Services Limited | Not Upheld | 20/11/2018 | Not Appealed |
ASF 101/2017 | Bank of Valletta plc | Not Upheld | 20/11/2018 | Not Appealed |
ASF 014/2017 | All Invest Company Limited | Upheld by Arbiter | 20/11/2018 | Not Appealed |