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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3532879 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£500redress stated in the decision
Thu Jul 07deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Treatment in financial difficulty, Credit file reporting

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mrs D is unhappy with how Marks & Spencer Financial Services Plc, trading as M&S Bank, managed the situation when she informed them that she was struggling to meet the payments on her loan account because of the financial impact of Covid-19.Treatment in financial difficulty
M&S must remove all adverse reporting for the period March 2020 to February 2021 from Mrs D’s credit file.Credit file reporting

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3532879.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

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