Barclays Bank UK PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN7349656 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£552redress stated in the decision

Mon Jun 29deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Account closed or refused, Funds blocked or frozen

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr W complains about the way Barclays Bank UK plc handled the closure of his business and personal accounts.Account closed or refused

On 14 December 2018 the bank placed a block on Mr W’s business account.Funds blocked or frozen

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN7349656.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.