National Westminster Bank Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2812318 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£200redress stated in the decision

Tue Jun 29deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Identity checks and access, Complaint handling

In the Ombudsman’s words

allowed a fraudster to open two accounts in his nameIdentity checks and access

I uphold Mr W’s complaintComplaint handling

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2812318.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.