Barclays Bank UK PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-4193092 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Tue Oct 17deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

APP scam refund refused, Card dispute or chargeback

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr H complains that Barclays Bank UK Plc didn’t do enough to protect him from the financial harm caused by an investment scam company, or to help him recover the money once he’d reported the scam.APP scam refund refused

Chargeback is a voluntary scheme run by Visa whereby it will ultimately arbitrate on a dispute between the merchant and customer if it cannot be resolved between them after two ‘presentments’.Card dispute or chargeback

Rules cited

CRM Code (APP scam reimbursement)

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-4193092.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.