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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN2512232 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£125redress stated in the decision
Thu Feb 07deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Credit file reporting

In the Ombudsman’s words

Kensington’s mortgage system wrongly interpreted the overpayments the borrowers were making as an arrangement to pay, suggesting they were having difficulties in paying the mortgage. And this information was passed to a credit reference agency and recorded on Mr K’s credit file.Credit file reporting

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN2512232.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.