Lloyds Bank PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN5157968 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Sun Jun 20deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Unauthorised transaction, Bereavement and power of attorney

In the Ombudsman’s words

This resulted in a number of transactions over three years being made without Mrs D’s authority.Unauthorised transaction

The estate of Mrs D has complained Lloyds Bank plc accepted a lasting power of attorney for managing Mrs D’s accounts which she never signed.Bereavement and power of attorney

Rules cited

Payment Services Regulations 2017

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN5157968.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

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