WDFC UK Limited

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN2951588 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£1,016redress stated in the decision

Thu Jul 09deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending, Credit file reporting

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr D complains that WDFC UK Limited (trading as Wonga.com) lent money to him without carrying out proper affordability checks.Irresponsible lending

remove all information about the loans from Mr D’s credit recordCredit file reporting

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN2951588.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.