Metro Bank PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3183957 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£100redress stated in the decision

Mon Feb 21deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Treatment in financial difficulty, Support for vulnerable customers

In the Ombudsman’s words

Metro provided them with a six-month payment holidayTreatment in financial difficulty

Metro failed to consider the impact of Covid-19 on clients in a high-risk category (over 60s)Support for vulnerable customers

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3183957.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

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