HSBC UK Bank Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2407672 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Wed Jan 06deadline 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
HSBC completed its review in June 2020 and decided to close Miss B’s account.Account closed or refused
HSBC took the view that it needed to look into the payment and how Miss B was operating her account. And blocked her account whilst it did that.Funds blocked or frozen
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2407672.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.