Santander UK Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-4216442 Upheld
Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£300redress stated in the decision
Thu Mar 14deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
Funds blocked or frozen, Complaint handling
In the Ombudsman’s words
Santander blocked their account on 9 August 2022Funds blocked or frozen
Santander had caused delays in the review and hadn’t unblocked the account until 23 November 2022Complaint handling
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-4216442.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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