Starling Bank Limited

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-6114852 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Thu Mar 05deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Account closed or refused, Funds blocked or frozen

In the Ombudsman’s words

They notified Mr L that they were closing both of his accounts.Account closed or refused

In September 2024 Starling blocked Mr L’s account after a large credit of £2,000 was paid into his sole trader account.Funds blocked or frozen

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-6114852.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.