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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3846837 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£250redress stated in the decision
Wed Jan 04deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Identity checks and access

In the Ombudsman’s words

Halifax wrote to Mr W to let him know that it was going to be making changes to the way it authenticated its customers.Identity checks and access

Rules cited

Payment Services Regulations 2017

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3846837.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.