National Westminster Bank Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2022160 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£200redress stated in the decision

Mon Aug 24deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Account closed or refused, Funds blocked or frozen

In the Ombudsman’s words

NatWest blocked Mrs T’s account and gave her notice that it would be closed in 14 days.Account closed or refused

NatWest hasn’t provided an explanation as to why it held onto Mrs T’s money until the end of September 2019.Funds blocked or frozen

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2022160.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.