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The Financial Regulator has told banks and insurance companies they should disclose overcharging incidents rather than wait for the media to find out about them.

Proactively bringing issues to the attention of the media can prove beneficial in the long-term for institutions, rather than waiting for them to come into the public domain, the regulator says in a letter sent to the institutions.