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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3883910 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£250redress stated in the decision
Sun Jan 01deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Treatment in financial difficulty, Support for vulnerable customers

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr A complains that American Express Services Europe Limited unfairly defaulted his account when he was furloughed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Treatment in financial difficulty
I still don’t think they treated Mr A fairly or reasonably at a time when he was vulnerable.Support for vulnerable customers

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3883910.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.