PDL Finance Limited
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN3098849 Upheld
Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
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Sat Nov 16deadline 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
Ms M, represented by a third party, complains that PDL Finance Limited (trading as Mr Lender) lent money to her that she couldn’t afford to repay.Irresponsible lending
The overall pattern of Ms M's borrowing for loans four, five and six means any information recorded about them is adverse, so these loans should be removed from Ms M's credit file.Credit file reporting
Rules cited
FCA CONC (Consumer Credit sourcebook)
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN3098849.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.