National Westminster Bank Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-4872202 Partly upheld

Partly upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£150redress stated in the decision

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

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What this decision was about

Account closed or refused, Funds blocked or frozen

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr and Mrs T complain National Westminster Bank Plc (“NatWest”) restricted and then closed their accounts without explanation.Account closed or refused

Around June 2023, NatWest blocked Mr and Mrs T’s accounts.Funds blocked or frozen

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-4872202.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.