Bank of Scotland Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3817752 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Mon Dec 26deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Treatment in financial difficulty, Charges and fees

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr C complains about the lack of support Bank of Scotland plc trading as Halifax (“Halifax”) offered during the pandemic regarding his overdraft.Treatment in financial difficulty

He says it acted unfairly by continuing to apply charges to his account when he was in financial difficulty.Charges and fees

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3817752.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.