HSBC UK Bank Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3304162 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£350redress stated in the decision
Thu Apr 28deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
Funds blocked or frozen, Service failure
In the Ombudsman’s words
HSBC took the decision to block his current accountFunds blocked or frozen
I don’t think this is a reasonable level of communication for someone who has had their account inhibited and access to their funds restricted.Service failure
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3304162.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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