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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2729459 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Thu Jun 10deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Identity checks and access

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr B Jnr, however, had no authority over Mr B’s account. He wasn’t, for example, a power of attorney or registered with third party authority.Identity checks and access

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2729459.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.