Barclays Bank UK PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-4197126 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£75redress stated in the decision

Wed Aug 09deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr P complains that Barclays Bank UK PLC trading as Barclaycard irresponsibly issued, and increased the credit limit on, a credit card to him, on which he couldn’t afford the payments.Irresponsible lending

Rules cited

FCA CONC (Consumer Credit sourcebook), Consumer Credit Act 1974

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-4197126.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.