George Banco.com Limited

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN4951221 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£200redress stated in the decision

Wed Oct 23deadline 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

George Banco.com was irresponsible when it accepted him as a guarantor because it didn’t adequately check that he’d be able to afford to repay the loans if the borrower failed to do so.Irresponsible lending

remove any information about this loan from Mr K’s credit fileCredit 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: DRN4951221.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.