HSBC UK Bank Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-6302445 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Mon May 25deadline 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
Miss A complains that HSBC UK Bank plc (HSBC) lent to her irresponsibly.Irresponsible lending
Miss A considers that HSBC’s checks weren’t sufficient... Miss A has also highlighted that she was in a vulnerable positionSupport for vulnerable customers
Rules cited
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-6302445.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.