Metro Bank PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3464331 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£1,500redress stated in the decision

Wed Jun 22deadline 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

Mr M complains that Metro Bank PLC blocked his account without reason then closed it.Account closed or refused

Metro blocked Mr M’s account on the same day.Funds blocked or frozen

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3464331.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.