AutoMoney Limited
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3916128 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Thu May 18deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
In the Ombudsman’s words
She also said that she could no longer afford the monthly repayments because of a change in her circumstances as a result of not having a working car. She said that had appropriate affordability checks been completed at the outset AutoMoney wouldn’t have lent to her.Irresponsible lending
Rules cited
FCA CONC (Consumer Credit sourcebook)
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3916128.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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