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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN1178811 Upheld
Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
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What this decision was about
In the Ombudsman’s words
the bank should have told L that it would not provide a cheque exchange account much earlier, and that it should have foreseen the consequences to L of its failure to do soService failure
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN1178811.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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