Firm analysis

Vanquis Bank Limited complaint analysis

A public analysis page covering published Financial Ombudsman decisions involving Vanquis Bank Limited, including outcome context, product mix, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Published decisions

1,363

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

23.8%

324 upheld decisions

Page summary

1,363 published decisions involving Vanquis Bank Limited, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.

Published decisions

1,363

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

23.8%

324 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 17 Mar 2026

How to use this page

Read the metrics first, then the ranked view.

The top-line cards show scale and outcome context. The ranked view and representative decisions show where the slice is concentrated and what the published decision set actually looks like.

Published decisions

1,363

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

23.8%

324 upheld decisions

Leading product

Banking and Payments

769 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Affordability Assessment Failure

146 tagged decisions

Vanquis Bank Limited at a glance

Analysis

Vanquis Bank Limited appears in 1,363 published decisions in this corpus. 23.8% of those decisions were upheld, which gives a public view of how often complaints involving this firm ended in a fully upheld outcome in the final published set.

Banking and Payments is the firm’s clearest product exposure in the published decisions, with 769 decisions and an upheld rate of 22.5%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2026 (19 decisions)
  • Most common complaint theme: Affordability Assessment Failure
  • Most common precedent signal: Consumer Credit Act 1974

Volume and outcome trajectory

Analysis

Vanquis Bank Limited's decision trail runs from 2013 to 2026. That range gives enough public history to see whether complaint exposure has been broad-based or concentrated into certain years.

In the latest year represented here, Vanquis Bank Limited appeared in 19 published decisions with an upheld rate of 31.6%.

  • 2026: 19 decisions, 31.6% upheld
  • 2025: 303 decisions, 15.2% upheld
  • 2024: 180 decisions, 33.3% upheld
  • 2023: 54 decisions, 29.6% upheld
  • 2022: 86 decisions, 24.4% upheld

Themes, products, and precedent signals

Analysis

Affordability Assessment Failure is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to Vanquis Bank Limited in the published decisions. In this corpus, those themes are the most stable public proxy for complaint “type”.

Consumer Credit Act 1974, Section 75 Cca, Section 140a Cca, and others are the most visible precedent signals in the firm’s published decisions. That gives extra context on the rules and fairness arguments appearing most often around the firm.

  • Banking and Payments: 769 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
  • Second precedent signal: Section 75 Cca

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-614205017 Mar 2026Not upheld

Vanquis Bank Limited · Consumer Credit

My final decision is that I’m not upholding Mr G’s complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr G to accept or reject my decision before 14 April 2026.

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DRN-619706217 Mar 2026Not upheld

Vanquis Bank Limited · Banking and Payments

I do not uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Miss W to accept or reject my decision before 14 April 2026.

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DRN-621691017 Mar 2026Not upheld

Vanquis Bank Limited · Banking and Payments

My final decision is that I’m not upholding Mr Y’s complaint about Vanquis Bank Limited. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr Y to accept or reject my decision before 14 April 2026.

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DRN-622385017 Mar 2026Not upheld

Vanquis Bank Limited · Banking and Payments

It’s my final decision that I do not uphold this complaint against Vanquis. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr O to accept or reject my decision before 14 April 2026.

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DRN-622954717 Mar 2026Upheld

Vanquis Bank Limited · Banking and Payments

My final decision is that I uphold this complaint and direct Vanquis to put things right, in the way I’ve set out above. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr G to accept or reject my decision before 14 April 2026.

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