Metro Bank PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3980793 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£28,920redress stated in the decision

Wed Mar 22deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

APP scam refund refused

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr W complains that Metro Bank Plc didn’t do enough to prevent his loss when he sent money to one of their customers as the result of a scam.APP scam refund refused

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3980793.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.