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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Anna Tims

Virgin Money lacked empathy over my wife’s sudden death

Virgin Money shop sign
Virgin Money acknowledged there had been a series of errors. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

My wife died suddenly of a heart attack three months ago. I was unaware she had a Virgin Money credit card until a statement arrived the following month. I immediately wrote to the bank with a copy of her death certificate and asked it to freeze all transactions and provide a final settlement figure.

After receiving no response, I phoned and, after negotiating layers of complex interactive voice recognition processes and a lengthy wait, I eventually got through to the bereavement team.

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