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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2967694 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£2,500redress stated in the decision
Tue Sep 07deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
In the Ombudsman’s words
Mr T complained that Barclays Bank UK PLC (trading as Barclaycard) acted irresponsibly when they increased his credit card limit resulting in him experiencing financial hardship.Irresponsible lending
Rules cited
FCA CONC (Consumer Credit sourcebook)
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2967694.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.