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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2350804 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£100redress stated in the decision
Fri Nov 13deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Unauthorised transaction, Complaint handling

In the Ombudsman’s words

failed to properly deal with a false transaction that appeared on Mr W’s accountUnauthorised transaction
Mr W complains that American Express Services Europe Limited (AESEL) trading as American Express (AMEX) failed to properly deal with a false transactionComplaint handling

Rules cited

Payment Services Regulations 2017

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2350804.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.