HSBC UK Bank Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-4204256 Upheld
Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£100redress stated in the decision
Thu Sep 21deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
Funds blocked or frozen, Service failure
In the Ombudsman’s words
This led to Mr D’s account being blocked.Funds blocked or frozen
Both parties agree that the unblocking could have been carried out better.Service failure
Rules cited
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-4204256.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.