We make decisions based on what we think is fair and reasonable, accounting for the unique circumstances of each case we receive. We anonymise our decisions and write them in a way that prevents the person or small business complaining from being identified.
This database holds all the final decisions we’ve published since 1 April 2013 under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended by the Financial Services Act 2012.
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Decision Reference DRN-4959466
31 Jan 2025 Wise Payments Limited Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-4959466 The complaint Mr Y complains Wise Payments Limited unfairly closed his account without notice or explanation. What happened Mr Y held a Wise account. On 3 June 2023 Mr Y received a payment into his account. Mr Y’s account was blocked on 19 June 2023, and on the same day Mr ... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4844397
31 Jan 2025 Wise Payments Limited Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-4844397 The complaint Mr O complains that Wise Payments Limited (Wise) is refusing to refund him the amount he lost as the result of a scam. Mr O is being represented by a third party. To keep things simple, I will refer to Mr O throughout my decision. What happened The background o... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4859341
31 Jan 2025 Wise Payments Limited Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-4859341 The complaint Mr R complains that Wise Payments Limited (Wise) is refusing to refund him the amount he lost as the result of a scam. Mr R is being represented by a third party. To keep things simple, I will refer to Mr R throughout my decision. What happened The background o... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-5228504
31 Jan 2025 Wise Payments Limited Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-5228504 The complaint Mr S complains that Wise Payments Ltd didn’t do enough to prevent the loss he suffered when he fell victim to a scam. Mr S has used a representative to bring his complaint. But for ease of reading, I’ll mostly refer to Mr S himself where I also mean the repres... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4641199
30 Jan 2025 Wise Payments Limited Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-4641199 The complaint Mr S has complained that Wise Payments Limited (“Wise”) failed to protect him from falling victim to an employment-related scam. What happened The background of this complaint is already known to both parties, so I won’t repeat all of it here. But I’ll summari... (5 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-5064918
27 Jan 2025 Wise Payments Limited Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-5064918 The complaint Mr W is being represented by a claims manager. He’s complaining about Wise Payments Limited because it declined to refund money he lost as a result of fraud. What happened Sadly, Mr W fell victim to a sophisticated job scam, whereby he thought he was paying mon... (4 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4885557
27 Jan 2025 Wise Payments Limited Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-4885557 The complaint Mrs H is unhappy that Wise Payments Limited will not refund £4,240 that she lost as the result of an Authorised Push Payment (APP) scam. Mrs H brought his complaint to this service through a representative. For ease of reading I will refer solely to Mrs H in th... (3 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4645593
24 Jan 2025 Wise Payments Limited Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-4645593 The complaint Mr S complains that Wise Payments Limited (Wise) won’t refund him after he was the victim of a job scam. Mr S is represented by a third-party, but for ease of reading I’ll refer to Mr S only. What happened The background to this complaint is already well know... (4 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-5198855
22 Jan 2025 Wise Payments Limited UpheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-5198855 The complaint Mr C complains that Wise Payments Limited did not complete a payment and that it then deactivated his account. What happened Mr C lives in the UK but is a national of a country which is subject to international sanctions. Wise is an international money platform... (2 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4788752
22 Jan 2025 Wise Payments Limited Not upheldBanking and PaymentsDRN-4788752 The complaint Mr V complains Wise Payments Limited won’t reimburse £1,500 that he lost when he fell victim to an employment scam. What happened Our investigator didn’t uphold the complaint. He didn’t think any of the payments looked suspicious such that Wise ought to have m... (1 page)View decision
