Metro Bank PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2566689 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£50redress stated in the decision

Mon Apr 26deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Service failure

In the Ombudsman’s words

Metro has acknowledged that its communication could have been better and has admitted it did initially provide incorrect information by stating that the credit reference agency could be updated instantly.Service failure

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2566689.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

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