Santander UK Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5862207 Upheld
Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£100redress stated in the decision
Fri Feb 27deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
Account closed or refused, Payment delayed or failed
In the Ombudsman’s words
Santander had restricted his joint account and had made the decision to close it.Account closed or refused
Santander also unfairly delayed the return of Mr A’s funds.Payment delayed or failed
Rules cited
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5862207.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.