HSBC UK Bank Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN0479627 Upheld
Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Fri Sep 13deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
Payment delayed or failed, Service failure
In the Ombudsman’s words
Mr L has further complained about the time it took to return the money and investigate what happened.Payment delayed or failed
I also think HSBC could have kept Mr L informed better about what was going on.Service failure
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN0479627.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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