OH's NatWest credit card PPI underpayment - so frustrated

[Let Them Knock]

Brief summary/history

Other half's card.

 

Commenced 1998, defaulted 2006 with interest frozen from that date.

Default card balance was £6,500 - progressively paid/reduced to just under £5,000.

PPI claim made October 2012 - initially refused but upheld by the FOS on adjudication.

 

March 2014 NatWest credited £4,664 to the card, leaving a balance of £323.

By my own (spreadsheet) calculations the payment should have been some £1450 more than they paid.

 

Their payment was arrived at as follows:

Refund of payment made 1998 to 2006 £2334.14

Compound interest based on rates charged £ 712.36

Sub total £3056.50

Gross interest at 8% £2010.43

Less income tax at 20% £ 402.09

Net interest £1608.34

Net offer £4664.84

 

It is their compound interest figure that I cannot agree with.

During the 8 year life of the card, monthly interest rates varied between 1.385% and 1.620%. The average card balance was about £3200.

My calculations show the compound interest figure to be about £2077 rather than their figure of £712. This would also increase the 8% gross interest amount due by about £1000. I reckon we want about another £2500 from them (before tax)

 

I have written to them several times asking for a breakdown of their compound interest figure and have been stonewalled each time. They say they cannot provide these (complicated) calculations but that they are in line with the FOS and FCA guidelines.

 

Their last reply even went so far as to 'explain' to me how compound interest works. I can scarcely believe the content of it.

 

Here is the relevant paragraph from their letter:

As a basic look at the compound interest aspect, if you compared the monthly balance of the credit card with and without PPI and the difference was £20, then the interest element would be determined from this figure. If the monthly interest rate was 1% and 12% per annum, this would mean that the starting figure for the compound interest is 20p (1% of £20.00) if your card then ran for 5 years, the compound interest on this PPI premium would accumulate as follows, year 1 = 22p, year 2 = 25p, year 3 = 28p, year 4 = 31p, year 5 = 35p. Therefore the total amount difference in balance of £20.00 in this example would be 35p.

 

So, this 'expert' from RBS thinks the compound interest would be 35p. Well, I calculate it to be £16.33. She seems to have worked it out at 1% per annum rather than 1% per month.

(I am not a mathematician so if I have got this completely wrong and she is right, please, someone, tell me I am making a numpty of myself).

 

So, ladies and gentlemen of CAG, where do I go next with this shower?

Suggestions and comments most welcome, thanks.

[dx100uk]

so what spreadsheet did you use.

 

 

dx

[Let Them Knock]

so what spreadsheet did you use.

 

 

dx

 

One written by Bill-K, IIRC.

[dx100uk]

ideally you should be using the fos running

or the fosCIsheet

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?330996-Latest-Spreadsheets-PPI-Claims-and-Charges-Claims-Dec-2011

 

 

and converting your avg monthly int rate to apr using this

 

 

http://www.stoozing.com/calculator/apr-rate-converter.php

[Let Them Knock]

I am prepared to have a go, but...

How do I calculate the necessary APR required by the CI sheet as the monthly rate changed several times during the life of the card?

[dx100uk]

find the avg of your monthly rate

then use the stoozing site

[Let Them Knock]

OK, done that.

 

The Compound Interest Calculator shows a compound interest total of 2054.93. My own calculations came to £2077 so pretty close either way. Both way more than the £712.36 RBS paid.

 

What next, please?

[dx100uk]

pers I think they are talking bowlarks..

 

 

unless the account goes into credit compounded int is still being charged every month

 

 

dx

[Let Them Knock]

pers I think they are talking bowlarks..

 

 

unless the account goes into credit compounded int is still being charged every month

 

 

dx

 

Totally agree. The underpayment of £1450 or so plus the resulting statutory interest comes to best part of £2,500. I just cannot get them to accept they have got it wrong or to send me their calculations.

 

I am lost as to what to try next.

[dx100uk]

you cant have both

either:

you get compounded int if the account is in the red [minus the PPI refund running total to that date]

or you get stat 8% on any credit balance in that month only

that's why the FOSrunning sheet is the best one to do but very hardwork to enter all the info.

 

 

dx

[Let Them Knock]

you cant have both

either:

you get compounded int if the account is in the red [minus the PPI refund running total to that date]

or you get stat 8% on any credit balance in that month only

that's why the FOSrunning sheet is the best one to do but very hardwork to enter all the info.

 

dx

 

I obviously have not made myself clear here.

 

The account was terminated in 2006.

 

We have received the PPI premiums paid plus £712 in compound interest.

 

We are still some £1400 short in compound interest (as per the above calcs).

 

Stat interest will be due on this £1400 underpayment from 2006 until the date of payout. Hence, about £2500 in total.

 

But, the big question is...

 

How do I get them to accept they have underpaid me

 

or how do I prove it to them?

[dx100uk]

Agreed ring the fos again

Tell them they are short changing you.

 

Dx

[stressed2009]

Can I just ask how you got on arguing your case, I think natwest are offering us less than is due.

[brown1950]

I obviously have not made myself clear here.

 

The account was terminated in 2006.

 

We have received the PPI premiums paid plus £712 in compound interest.

 

We are still some £1400 short in compound interest (as per the above calcs).

 

Stat interest will be due on this £1400 underpayment from 2006 until the date of payout. Hence, about £2500 in total.

 

But, the big question is...

 

How do I get them to accept they have underpaid me

 

or how do I prove it to them?

 

This problem of 'associated interest' and underpayments is not just NatWest but many Companies

are short changing on PPI refunds. I am in the same situation as you but mine is with Barclaycard.

I asked the FOS to intervene on the subject of 'associated interest' some 18 months ago and i am still waiting for a result !

[Baz1994]

This problem of 'associated interest' and underpayments is not just NatWest but many Companies

are short changing on PPI refunds. I am in the same situation as you but mine is with Barclaycard.

I asked the FOS to intervene on the subject of 'associated interest' some 18 months ago and i am still waiting for a result !

 

Sorry to hi-jack thread but I am in the same boat with NatWest.

 

It's taken me a nearly a year to get a breakdown of their estimated premiums but still awaiting further explanation regarding associated / compound interest calculations. Same original response from Bank regarding complexity in which the FOS adjudicator agreed with and quoted the banks comments word for word when I spoke to them

 

I will be subbing this thread with interest as find it so frustrating in the way the banks just quote a figure without any concise breakdown.

[Let Them Knock]

Since I last posted I have complained to the CEO of RBS. My complaint was passed to the 'PPI Executive Concerns Team' in Manchester. (Yes, I know, another desk in the same quagmire).

 

I received a reply a few days ago, as always, telling me I am wrong and they are right. With it was a print-out of PART of a spreadsheet. It has five columns:

1. Statement date

2. Monthly PPI

3. Monthly rate of interest (1.39% - throughout the 8 year life of the card!!)

4. Compound interest on premiums.

5. 8% interest on surplus redress.

 

Naturally it showed very similar final figures as the PPI payout I am disputing.

 

Interestingly, from August 98 (the start date) until July 2001, their monthly PPI premiums are totally different to the actual ones on my statements. They total £52 under the actual premiums charged. They have no excuse for this as I have previously supplied them with copies of my early statements.

 

I have reconstructed the account on two (different) spreadsheets found on here and they both show I have been underpaid some £1600, which I suspect is to do with associated compound interest, a matter I have some difficulty getting my head around.

 

Please can anyone point me towards any relevant threads where I may learn more?

 

Thanks all.

[brown1950]

Since I last posted I have complained to the CEO of RBS. My complaint was passed to the 'PPI Executive Concerns Team' in Manchester. (Yes, I know, another desk in the same quagmire).

 

I received a reply a few days ago, as always, telling me I am wrong and they are right. With it was a print-out of PART of a spreadsheet. It has five columns:

1. Statement date

2. Monthly PPI

3. Monthly rate of interest (1.39% - throughout the 8 year life of the card!!)

4. Compound interest on premiums.

5. 8% interest on surplus redress.

 

Naturally it showed very similar final figures as the PPI payout I am disputing.

 

Interestingly, from August 98 (the start date) until July 2001, their monthly PPI premiums are totally different to the actual ones on my statements. They total £52 under the actual premiums charged. They have no excuse for this as I have previously supplied them with copies of my early statements.

 

I have reconstructed the account on two (different) spreadsheets found on here and they both show I have been underpaid some £1600, which I suspect is to do with associated compound interest, a matter I have some difficulty getting my head around.

 

Please can anyone point me towards any relevant threads where I may learn more?

 

Thanks all.

 

Would suggest you havea read of the following MBNA Interpretative Calculations

 

consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?372400-MBNA-PPI-Award-%93Interpretative%94-Calculations

 

If the FOS don't understand whats going on then we have no chance of getting

proper PPI redress refunds.

[Let Them Knock]

Thanks for that - that's my evening's reading sorted.