PayPal Europe Sarl & Cie, SCA

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2558744 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Fri Mar 26deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending, Credit file reporting

In the Ombudsman’s words

I’ve considered whether I think PayPal acted responsibly when approving his credit application.Irresponsible lending

Remove any negative information from Mr W’s credit file for the account.Credit file reporting

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2558744.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.