Barclays Bank UK PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5304943 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£20,000redress stated in the decision

Fri Aug 15deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

APP scam refund refused, Card dispute or chargeback

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr H complains that Barclays Bank UK PLC (Barclays) is refusing to refund him the amount he lost as the result of several scams.APP scam refund refused

When payments are made by card the only recovery option Barclays has is to request a chargeback.Card dispute or chargeback

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5304943.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.