BBL Complaints and Outcomes

HSBC Pay £150 Compensation For Delays in Approving a Bounce Back Loan Which the Ombudsman Says Is Fair But They are Then Given the Greenlight By the Ombudsman to Snatch That BBL Back After a “Safeguarding Review”

Some more BBL madness for you today, in which HSBC pay £150 in compensation for delays in approving a Bounce Back Loan, but then perform one of their infamous “safeguarding reviews” and ultimately demand that BBL back, the Ombudsman says the compensation is fair, but then says, quite bizarrely, HSBC are right to recall the BBL! […]

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. […]

BBL Complaints and Outcomes

HSBC Decline a Customer’s Account Application After a Long Deal Meaning They Couldn’t Access the Bounce Back Loan Scheme the Ombudsman Says The Bank Had the Right to Decline Whoever They Wanted

Being one of only a tiny number of banks in the Bounce Back Loan scheme that were accepting new customers, many people did flock to HSBC to try and open an account and then apply for a BBL. This Ombudsman case, which they did not uphold, revolves around a declined account application. […]

BBL Complaints and Outcomes

After Months of Messing a Customer About the Ombudsman Decrees HSBC Were in the Wrong in Not Giving a Customer Access to an Account and Subsequently a Bounce Back Loan in a Timely Fashion

Fortunately for the complainant in today’s case, they were able to get a Bounce Back Loan from a different lender, having been messed about for months and months due to HSBC and their incompetence, and did get a little bit of compensation (£200) for being messed about. […]