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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5423559 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Tue Apr 22deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending, Charges and fees

In the Ombudsman’s words

unfairly provided him with an overdraft that was unaffordableIrresponsible lending
continued applying charges to his overdraft even after it should have realised that he couldn’t sustainably repay itCharges and fees

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5423559.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.