Its establishment has been a painful process for the banking industry and SME campaigners, who have long-argued that a gap in the UK's regulatory system permitted egregious abuses of small business customers.
The scandal at HBOS's Reading branch, which precipitated the collapse of a number of companies, has also fuelled the sense of injustice about SMEs' treatment.
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