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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5772293 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£50redress stated in the decision
Sat Feb 08deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Funds blocked or frozen, Complaint handling

In the Ombudsman’s words

NatWest blocked B’s account which caused a regular direct debit payment B had set up to fail.Funds blocked or frozen
NatWest’s failure to inform Mr W that it required more information after he’d already completed its review requestComplaint handling

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5772293.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.