National Westminster Bank Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN8369926 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Mon Oct 10deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Unauthorised transaction, Complaint handling

In the Ombudsman’s words

Ms C complains that National Westminster Bank Plc hasn’t refunded £20,000 she says was taken from her current account without her authority.Unauthorised transaction

I think that NatWest could’ve handled this complaint better.Complaint handling

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN8369926.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.