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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jess Clark

UK bank overdrafts: ‘I received £8,000 after I complained’

Barclays refunded charges after a customer who had reached ‘rock bottom’ complained.
Barclays refunded charges after a customer who had reached ‘rock bottom’ complained. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

A woman who was struggling with debt has received an £8,000 payout from a high street bank after making a complaint about her overdraft. Now thousands of other borrowers could be in line for refunds.

Laura (she did not wish to give her surname) was £30,000 in debt, with £9,000 of that in overdrafts, and struggling to make ends meet when she searched online for a solution.

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