National Westminster Bank Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5111580 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£300redress stated in the decision

Fri Jan 17deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Funds blocked or frozen, Support for vulnerable customers

In the Ombudsman’s words

NatWest restricted his accountFunds blocked or frozen

failed to make reasonable adjustments for him under the Equality Act 2010Support for vulnerable customers

Rules cited

FCA Consumer Duty (PRIN 2A), Equality Act 2010

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5111580.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.