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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Lauren Almeida

Monzo wrongly denied refunds to thousands of fraud and scam victims

Red Monzo logo on a white phone screen seen against a backdrop of a computer keyboard with black keys, illuminated in purple.
Monzo was deemed to have made the wrong call in 34% of its 3,372 cases referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service last year. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Monzo has wrongly denied refunds to thousands of fraud and scam victims, the Guardian can reveal.

The digital-only bank wrongly rejected more than 1,000 fraud and scam complaints that were closed last year alone, according to data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

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