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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3359643 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£300redress stated in the decision
Wed Apr 13deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending, Credit file reporting

In the Ombudsman’s words

HSBC irresponsibly gave Mr H a loan that was not affordable for himIrresponsible lending
remove any adverse information that may have been recorded with the credit reference agencies in respect of this loanCredit file reporting

Rules cited

FCA CONC (Consumer Credit sourcebook)

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3359643.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.