HSBC Bank plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN6620964 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£325redress stated in the decision

Fri Nov 30deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Complaint handling, Bereavement and power of attorney

In the Ombudsman’s words

She also thought HSBC’s complaint handling had been poor.Complaint handling

Mrs J (on behalf of Mrs H) complains about poor service from HSBC Bank plc when she registered a power of attorney (POA) on Mrs H’s account.Bereavement and power of attorney

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN6620964.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.