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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
ASF 059/2018 Crystal Finance Investments Limited Partially Upheld by Arbiter 14/06/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 110/2017 GlobalCapital Financial Management Limited Upheld by Arbiter 14/06/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 144/2017 Crystal Finance Investments Limited Upheld by Arbiter 12/06/2019 062/2019
ASF 145/2017 Crystal Finance Investments Limited Upheld by Arbiter 12/06/2019 062/2019
ASF 141/2017 BNF Bank plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 12/06/2019 059/2019
ASF 137/2017 All Invest Company Limited Upheld by Arbiter 12/06/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 122/2017 Crystal Finance Investments Limited Not Upheld 27/05/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 121/2017, 125/2017 Calamatta Cuschieri Investment Services Limited Upheld by Arbiter 27/05/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 147/2017 Crystal Finance Investments Limited Not Upheld 27/05/2019 054/2019
ASF 152/2018 Bank of Valletta plc Upheld by Arbiter 27/05/2019 52/2019
ASF 007/2018 Bank of Valletta plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 27/05/2019 053/2019
ASF 131/2017 All Invest Company Limited Upheld by Arbiter 27/05/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 056/2017 Crystal Finance Investments Limited Upheld by Arbiter 27/05/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 134/2017 GlobalCapital Financial Management Limited Upheld by Arbiter 27/05/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 105/2017 All Invest Company Limited Upheld by Arbiter 27/05/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 114/2017 All Invest Company Limited Upheld by Arbiter 13/05/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 085/2018 Bank of Valletta plc Upheld by Arbiter 06/05/2019 046/2019
ASF 037/2017 All Invest Company Limited Upheld by Arbiter 06/05/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 161/2017 GlobalCapital Financial Management Limited Upheld by Arbiter 06/05/2019 Not Appealed
ASF 070/2017 All Invest Company Limited Upheld by Arbiter 06/05/2019 Not Appealed