Nationwide Building Society

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN6210914 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Thu Apr 23deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Funds blocked or frozen, Identity checks and access

In the Ombudsman’s words

Nationwide blocked his account in line with its policies under money laundering regulations.Funds blocked or frozen

Nationwide said Mr T’s account had an “ID required” flag on it.Identity checks and access

Rules cited

Money Laundering Regulations 2017

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN6210914.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.