HSBC Bank plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN1981994 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£200redress stated in the decision

Fri Oct 20deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Funds blocked or frozen, Payment delayed or failed

In the Ombudsman’s words

So its right the bank corrects the situation by unlocking the account so Mr S can access his money.Funds blocked or frozen

Mr S complains that HSBC Bank Plc didn’t complete his withdrawal request.Payment delayed or failed

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN1981994.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.