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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN9452390 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Sat Jul 06deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Account closed or refused, Support for vulnerable customers

In the Ombudsman’s words

HSBC UK Bank Plc has stopped allowing third parties to pay into her bank accountAccount closed or refused
Miss M is very unhappy with this new policy and complained to HSBC about it. She said she suffers from a number of health needs or disabilities – namely agoraphobia and PTSD – which prevent her from leaving her home.Support for vulnerable customers

Rules cited

Equality Act 2010

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN9452390.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.