Barclays Bank Plc
Financial Ombudsman decision DRN8276080 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£100redress stated in the decision
—deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
Funds blocked or frozen, Complaint handling
In the Ombudsman’s words
Barclays should have frozen the account in accordance with good industry practice.Funds blocked or frozen
Barclays has accepted it took longer than it should to issue its final response letter.Complaint handling
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN8276080.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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