Nationwide Building Society

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5104414 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Mon Dec 16deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending, Treatment in financial difficulty

In the Ombudsman’s words

Nationwide acted unfairly when it continued charging overdraft interest, fees and any associated charges on Miss P’s facility from January 2020.Irresponsible lending

she should have been offered forbearance.Treatment in financial difficulty

Rules cited

FCA CONC (Consumer Credit sourcebook)

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5104414.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.