Santander UK Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-4234912 Upheld
Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£150redress stated in the decision
Fri Dec 29deadline 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 Mr S’s account while it carried out a review of his accountFunds blocked or frozen
Santander did however acknowledge that there was an unreasonable delay in reviewing Mr S’s account and lifting the blockComplaint handling
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-4234912.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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