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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 109/2022 APS Bank plc Not Upheld 07/12/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 134/2021 Mapfre MSV Life plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 07/12/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 109/2021 Calamatta Cuschieri Investment Services Limited Not Upheld 05/12/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 131/2021 Mapfre MSV Life plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 05/12/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 099/2021 STM Malta Pension Services Limited (formerly STM Malta Trust and Company Management Limited) Partially Upheld by Arbiter 05/12/2022 163/2022
In progress
ASF 158/2021 Foris Dax MT Limited (formerly MCO Malta Dax Limited ) Not Upheld 05/12/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 091/2021 Dominion Fiduciary Services (Malta) Limited Not Upheld 14/11/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 164/2021 Mapfre Middlesea plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 14/11/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 034/2021 ITC International Pensions Limited Not Upheld 14/11/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 117/2021 Papaya Ltd Not Upheld 14/11/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 145/2021 Mapfre MSV Life plc Upheld by Arbiter 14/11/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 138/2021 Foris Dax MT Limited (formerly MCO Malta Dax Limited ) Not Upheld 28/09/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 024/2021 STM Malta Pension Services Limited (formerly STM Malta Trust and Company Management Limited) Partially Upheld by Arbiter 28/09/2022 138/2022, 140/2022
ASF 018/2022 Bonnici Insurance Agency Limited,
Mapfre Middlesea plc
Upheld by Arbiter 28/09/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 141/2021 Foris Dax MT Limited (formerly MCO Malta Dax Limited ) Not Upheld 28/09/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 016/2022 BNF Bank plc Upheld by Arbiter 28/09/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 156/2021 Foris Dax MT Limited (formerly MCO Malta Dax Limited ) Not Upheld 28/09/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 149/2021 Foris Dax MT Limited (formerly MCO Malta Dax Limited ) Not Upheld 28/09/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 052/2021 Trust Payments (Malta) Limited Not Upheld 28/09/2022 Not Appealed
ASF 122/2021 Mapfre MSV Life plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 28/09/2022 Not Appealed