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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-6222329 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£194redress stated in the decision
Thu Apr 16deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending, Support for vulnerable customers

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr F complains Admiral Financial Services Limited (AFS) failed to carry out thorough enough affordability checks before it approved a loan for him.Irresponsible lending
Mr F says he has been diagnosed with mental health issues and AFS have an obligation to protect consumers with such vulnerabilities.Support for vulnerable customers

Rules cited

Consumer Credit Act 1974

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-6222329.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.