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Specialist support for you



TBS can provide specialist Financial Services outsourcing knowledge and
support, something which is unique in the marketplace
 

Members of the TBS board possess significant experience in Financial Services outsourcing. Our MD has a background anchored for over ten years in Retail Financial Services call centres across the whole spectrum of products and services. 

 

 

TBS has the ability to structure inbound or outbound contracts, sales or service operations, tactical or strategic activity, onshore of offshore in an environment with ever increasing requirements to satisfy Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulations such as TCF (treating the customer fairly), MiFID, Mortgage regulation and GIFSA (for general insurance) 

 

 

Our knowledge around typical FSA associated call centre issues such as TCF; can help answer questions like "What does this really mean for a call centres Training and Competence, Compliance and Sales Quality monitoring regimes, Systems and Control?" 

We can help you navigate issues and options such as:

 

  • Authorised representatives versus call centre who are FSA approved 
  • Advised or non-advised selling 
  • Contract structure covering liability in the event of regulatory breaches 
  • Waivers of permission
     

Our experience is that many third Party call centres struggle to really understood the impact of being authorised in the eyes of the FSA and clients.

 

This ability sets us apart form the more regular consultancy crowd, plus we are able to draw on contacts in the industry to assist in the interpretation of regulation as TBS also Sponsor a Financial Services Outsourcing Forum where many of the key figures in the major financial services companies are members.