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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5760979 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Mon Sep 15deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
In the Ombudsman’s words
Mrs G complains that American Express Services Europe Limited (AmEx) didn’t sufficiently check whether she could sustain the repayments before agreeing to two credit card accounts and subsequent credit limit increases.Irresponsible lending
Rules cited
FCA CONC (Consumer Credit sourcebook), Consumer Credit Act 1974
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5760979.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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