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Barclays Bank Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN3009805 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
—deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Charges and fees, Interest and rates

In the Ombudsman’s words

Barclays increased his credit limit a number of times without his consent and without reviewing his financial position to see whether the increases were affordable.Charges and fees
Notices of increases in the interest rate were unclear and buried in the monthly statements.Interest and rates

Rules cited

Consumer Credit Act 1974

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN3009805.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.