Barclays Bank Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-1430892 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Fri Oct 16deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
Credit file reporting, Identity checks and access
In the Ombudsman’s words
He further complains that he now has a default recorded on his credit file because of this account and would like both the account and default removed from his credit file.Credit file reporting
Mr G complains Barclays Bank Plc allowed a fraudster to open an account in his name.Identity checks and access
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-1430892.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
The outcome shown is the Ombudsman’s own published classification, not our reading of the text. Nothing here is legal advice, and a decision concerns only the complaint it was made about.