HSBC Bank plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3421291 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Thu May 12deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Account closed or refused, Funds blocked or frozen

In the Ombudsman’s words

HSBC restricted Mr B’s access to his Advance current account... decided to close Mr B’s accountAccount closed or refused

Mr B is unhappy that HSBC UK Bank Plc (“HSBC”) initially blocked his access to his Advance current accountFunds blocked or frozen

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3421291.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.