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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5893801 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£500redress stated in the decision
Fri Dec 12deadline 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

Mrs G has complained that NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (“NatWest”) blocked her debit card a number of times whilst she was overseas in 2023.Funds blocked or frozen
Mrs G is also unhappy with how a complaint handler spoke to her.Complaint handling

Rules cited

Equality Act 2010

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5893801.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.