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Improving Customer Outcome Testing

A practical guide for Boards

The need for firms to undertake customer outcome testing has been a long-standing expectation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). However, since the implementation of FCA’s Consumer Duty (the Duty), there are clear rules and regulations requiring firms to deliver good customer outcomes. Our updated report provides practical guidance for firms on strengthening their approach to customer outcome testing, in light of new FCA rules.

The FCA expects firms, and the Board and Senior Executives in particular, to assess and monitor the outcomes their customers receive. Outcome testing can be a powerful tool with which to do this, in supporting firm monitor customer outcomes more holistically. Often, however, it is impeded by challenges and weaknesses in how firms approach it.

This report provides the Board and Senior Executives responsible for customer outcomes with a thorough understanding of the outcome testing process and sets out some of the key questions and challenges they can raise to assure themselves that it is robust and fit for purpose.

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