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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-1687403 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£461redress stated in the decision
Mon Aug 24deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr U complains that Vanquis Bank Limited acted irresponsibly by increasing his limit on his credit card account, when he was showing signs of having financial difficulties.Irresponsible lending

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-1687403.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.