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Closed current account that wasn't mine?

Have opened up a noddle account, to have a look at my credit file. To my shame it's the first time in about 5 years I've done this.

I noticed a current account with Barclays. I've never had an account with them. It was closed in 2015 and is marked as settled with a balance of zero. It also shows that it was opened in 1997, and an 'account holder start date' of 2007. The address was my mother's, which I had briefly used for post in 2010 - 2012.

After much racking of brains I remembered that for a couple of months before her demise I had been power of attorney for my grandmothers account with Barclays, and the closure date ties in with the date I closed the account.

Given that it shows as settled should I bother getting this taken off my file? Or do accounts where you have LPA show on your credit report?

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  • Arleen
    Arleen Posts: 1,164 Forumite
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    It shouldn't have any negative impact, maybe even some positive but generally nothing to bother yourself about.
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