BBL Complaints and Outcomes

Close Brothers the Bank Lord Agnew Has Shares In Treats a Customer Appallingly and Stops Him Getting a Bounce Back Loan and One of Their Agents Send Him a “The Police Are Desperate to Arrest You” Message The Ombudsman Steps in and Gives Them a Good Slapping

Nothing shocks me anymore, and here is a tale and a half, regarding the utterly shocking way Close Brothers the bank that Lord Agnew has shares in treated one of their customers, it includes threatening messages and all manner of other wrong doing. […]

BBL Complaints and Outcomes

Simon Louth the Ombudsman States That Even Though Santander Had in Big on Their Website “Turnover for 2019 (Estimates Can Be Used)” He Expects Actual Turnover Figures To Be Used When Applying for a Bounce Back Loan!

Another case here for you to check out, in which Santander snatch back a Bounce Back Loan after a “review” and of course after craftily using most of it to pay off a customer’s overdraft. But the Ombudsman is quite clear that even though the business was established in 2019 and he could estimate his turnover, he didn’t think the business owner should have estimated it! But as you will see the business owner says he estimated his future turnover, which probably gave Simon a reason to knock back the complaint, some would say he should have stuck to saying I could estimate so did. […]

BBL Complaints and Outcomes

HSBC Block Customers Account as Part of a Review or “Safeguarding” Snatching Back That Customers Bounce Back Loan and Also Keeping His Non BBLs Funds – Ombudsman Says OK Keep That Extra Money After They Respond Very Late

Another barmy case to reveal to you today in which HSBC pull their usual dirty tracks, blocking a customers account, deciding they are snatching back a BBL and all other funds in his account, they then can’t even be bothered to reply to the Ombudsman’s on time, and keep that customer in the dark as to why they have done all of that. […]