Vehicle Credit Limited

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2922186 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£7,844redress stated in the decision

Fri Sep 03deadline 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

VCL was irresponsible to have agreed finance for himIrresponsible lending

remove any adverse information about this agreement from Mr P’s credit fileCredit file reporting

Rules cited

Consumer Credit Act 1974, FCA CONC (Consumer Credit sourcebook)

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2922186.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.