Metro Bank PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-4840062 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Tue May 06deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Unauthorised transaction, Account closed or refused

In the Ombudsman’s words

numerous payments were made from Mr B’s account to several gambling websites which totalled over £1000, which he disputes making.Unauthorised transaction

Metro Bank subsequently declined his claim and decided to close his account.Account closed or refused

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-4840062.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.