HSBC Bank plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN6509692 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£250redress stated in the decision

Mon Aug 21deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Payment delayed or failed, Service failure

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr S complains that HSBC Bank Plc mishandled an international transfer of funds.Payment delayed or failed

HSBC rightly says that it didn’t contact Mr S in a timely manner about the need for additional information.Service failure

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN6509692.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.