BBL Complaints

BBL Complaints and Outcomes

Santander, As They Said They Do, Go Snooping Into a BBL Customers Account, Demand Proof of Turnover and How the BBL Was Spent, Don’t Like What They Are Told, and Snatch Back a BBL – Ombudsman Says That is Fine and Dandy

April 7, 2022

Having approved a customer for a Bounce Back Loan on the second day of the scheme going live, and having let them draw it down, and then allowing them to top it up 7 months later, one would imagine Santander were happy with the BBL customer you will learn about in today’s complaint. That was not the case, for after one of their now infamous “reviews” that customer had his BBL snatched back based on […]

BBL Complaints and Outcomes

Ombudsman Decides That Starling Banks’ Policy of Only Allowing Persons of Significant Control to Apply for No More Than One Bounce Back Loan Even if They Had More Than One Business Eligible Was a Decision Starling Bank Could Make and Did

April 6, 2022

Whilst the rules of the Bounce Back Loan scheme did permit business owners to apply for as many BBLs as they had businesses, if each business was eligible, Starling Bank decided they would not follow those rules. In the case outlined below someone challenged that decision […]

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Ombudsman Agrees That HSBC Asking a Club Treasurer to Apply for a Bounce Back Loan Making a False Declaration Was Shockingly Wrong and Tells Them to Pay Compensation

April 1, 2022

Today’s case will have you choking on your coffee, as it exposes the depraved depths that HSBC went to when their Bounce Back Loan scheme was live. In today’s case they told a Club Treasurer to make a false declaration when applying for a BBL which could have left that person open to accusations of fraud, further down the line. […]

BBL Complaints and Outcomes

Ombudsman Deems £150 Fair Compensation for a Metro Bank Customer that Had To Visit one of Their Branches to Open an Account to Access the BBL Scheme But Was Ultimately Declined and “Ushered Out of the Bank”

March 29, 2022

You may recall that Metro Bank were late to offer Bounce Back Loans, and they cited their state-of-the-art online application system that delayed things slightly as they wanted it to be “spot on” before making it live. That system repeatedly fell over and errors were reported. […]