Frozen bank account - will my DDs be paid?

born_again

slopemaster said:

I also considered money claim on line - but you have to know the exact figure you are claiming, and i only know the approx amount that was in there when it got frozen. So I will just have to wait for the Ombudsman - a week so far and not even an acknowledgement of receipt yet, but i believe that can take weeks, and then months or years for a resolution!

I would not waste your money.
All bank will do is submit their case that this is a AML and it will be thrown out.

slopemaster

born_again said:

All bank will do is submit their case that this is a AML and it will be thrown out.

But surely just saying "oh, might be money laundering" doesn't enable them to keep my money for ever?

There must come a point where they have to either pass it on to the police, or give me my money back.

eskbanker

Aren't Lloyds effectively just sticking to their original position that they won't unblock until you attend a branch?

sheramber

if you are fully vaccinated , fyou no longer need to quarantine on arrival from France.

slopemaster

eskbanker said:

Aren't Lloyds effectively just sticking to their original position that they won't unblock until you attend a branch?

Yes, just so. But that doesn't seem to me to be a reasonable position.

slopemaster

sheramber said:

if you are fully vaccinated , fyou no longer need to quarantine on arrival from France.

Thanks, yes, i have seen that - but unfortunately doesn't apply to me yet, so i wd still need to quarantine on entry to UK, then self-isolate (and re-prove my "essential reason for travel" ) to get back into france. This is very onerous, and just not possible at the moment as i have caring responsibilities in France which I can't just abandon for 3-4 weeks.

But Lloyds have given me no opportunity to explain this and discuss possible alternative ways to prove my ID (such as video or certified copies) as used by other banks when it suits them...