Barclays Bank UK PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-4779936 Partly upheld

Partly upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Mon Oct 07deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Account closed or refused, Payment delayed or failed

In the Ombudsman’s words

Barclays closed Mr K’s accounts and moved the funds in them into its internal accounts.Account closed or refused

Barclays should pay Mr K 8% simple interest for being deprived of his funds for longer than he ought to have.Payment delayed or failed

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-4779936.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.