Lloyds Bank PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3062988 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

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Tue Nov 02deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending, Charges and fees

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr D has complained that Lloyds Bank Plc irresponsibly increased the overdraft limit on his current accounts when he was in financial difficulty.Irresponsible lending

Lloyds will be familiar with all the rules, regulations and good industry practice we consider when looking at whether a bank treated a customer fairly and reasonably when lending and when applying overdraft charges.Charges and fees

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3062988.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.