National Westminster Bank Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN3047723 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£100redress stated in the decision

Fri Oct 05deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Account closed or refused, Complaint handling

In the Ombudsman’s words

Miss G complained because National Westminster Bank Plc closed her accounts.Account closed or refused

I found that compensation is due for the bank’s failure to do this, because Miss G had to ask NatWest several times.Complaint handling

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN3047723.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.