Barclays Bank Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN0698321 Upheld
Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£100redress stated in the decision
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What this decision was about
Treatment in financial difficulty, Complaint handling
In the Ombudsman’s words
Mr A complains that despite having contacted Barclays Bank PLC several times about setting up a repayment plan, Barclays failed to respond.Treatment in financial difficulty
I cannot agree that it was fair or reasonable for Barclays to have made no attempt to try to identify which account the letters from Mr A referred to.Complaint handling
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN0698321.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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