HSBC UK Bank Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3942898 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Fri Sep 01deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
Unauthorised transaction, Account closed or refused
In the Ombudsman’s words
HSBC received confirmation from a third-party bank that the funds paid into Mr A’s account were not meant for him.Unauthorised transaction
HSBC decided to close Mr A’s account.Account closed or refused
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3942898.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.