Barclays has been fined £26m for the way it treated customers who fell into debt or experienced financial problems.
Among those poorly treated were bereaved people whose financial issues should have been better assessed.
The City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), said Barclays' poor treatment of its customers "risked making these difficulties worse".
The bank has compensated those affected, paying over £273m to 1.53 million customer accounts since 2017.
The FCA said Barclays knew about many of the shortcomings in its systems and controls as early as 2013, but did not adequately resolve them until late 2018.
"Firms must treat consumer credit customers fairly, including when they find themselves in arrears," said Mark Steward, of the FCA.
"We will take action against unfair treatment, or where firm systems expose customers to the risk of unfairness. While this case predates the pandemic, this message is especially important as the impact of coronavirus continues to affect household incomes and budgets."
A Barclays spokeswoman said: "Barclays is a responsible lender and we strive to achieve good outcomes for our customers.
"We would like to apologise to those customers for not providing the level of service we should have."
She added that the bank had made changes to its systems, processes, and training to correct the issues and that "the vast majority of customers who were impacted have already been contacted".
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2020-12-15 11:14:00Z
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