Metro Bank PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2169685 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Fri Dec 04deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

APP scam refund refused, Account closed or refused

In the Ombudsman’s words

Metro Bank says it received a report on 13 March 2020 that a credit for £400 into Mr M’s account was part of a scam.APP scam refund refused

Mr M complains that Metro Bank PLC closed his accountAccount closed or refused

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2169685.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.