“That the agreements between companies that provide consumer loans and those that mediate them impair consumer protection is not acceptable,” says FI’s Deputy Director General Susanna Grufman in a press release.
The market for loan mediation has grown a lot in recent years and, according to FI, has changed the balance of power in the market in favor of the intermediaries.
FI also warns in the report about certain types of investment products – among other things, crypto assets are singled out as “unsuitable”.