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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-4242230 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£250redress stated in the decision
Wed Apr 03deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Account closed or refused, Service failure

In the Ombudsman’s words

Halifax reviewed Mr C’s account history and made the difficult decision to end its banking relationship with Mr C immediately.Account closed or refused
I direct right Bank of Scotland plc trading as Halifax to pay Mr C £250 in recognition of its service failings.Service failure

Rules cited

Equality Act 2010

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-4242230.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.