Halifax Limited

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3053590 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

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Mon Nov 01deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Treatment in financial difficulty, Charges and fees

In the Ombudsman’s words

Halifax ought to have realised that Mr B was experiencing financial difficulty by November 2017 and so shouldn’t have added any more interest, fees and charges from this point onwards.Treatment in financial difficulty

Mr B has complained that Bank of Scotland plc trading as Halifax (“Halifax”) continued charging him excessive amounts for his overdraft when he was in financial difficulty.Charges and fees

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3053590.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.