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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5429498 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Thu May 22deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Credit file reporting, Complaint handling

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr A complains about the length of time it took Bank of Scotland plc to remove defaults relating to his current accounts from his credit file.Credit file reporting
Mr A made a further complaint in October 2024 as the two defaults were still showing on his credit file.Complaint handling

Rules cited

FCA Consumer Duty (PRIN 2A)

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5429498.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.