HSBC UK Bank Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5691824 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Tue Oct 21deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
Irresponsible lending, Product mis-sold
In the Ombudsman’s words
HSBC did not check the loan was affordable as it should have.Irresponsible lending
Mrs R complains that HSBC UK Bank Plc gave her a flexible business loan without carrying out proper checks.Product mis-sold
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5691824.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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