Firm analysis

HSBC UK Bank Plc complaint analysis

A public analysis page covering published Financial Ombudsman decisions involving HSBC UK Bank Plc, including outcome context, product mix, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Published decisions

7,126

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

29.1%

2,077 upheld decisions

Page summary

7,126 published decisions involving HSBC UK Bank Plc, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.

Published decisions

7,126

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

29.1%

2,077 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 29 Jun 2026

How to use this page

Read the metrics first, then the ranked view.

The top-line cards show scale and outcome context. The ranked view and representative decisions show where the slice is concentrated and what the published decision set actually looks like.

Published decisions

7,126

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

29.1%

2,077 upheld decisions

Leading product

Banking and Payments

4,784 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Fraud Or Scam Concern

1,809 tagged decisions

HSBC UK Bank Plc at a glance

Analysis

HSBC UK Bank Plc appears in 7,126 published decisions in this corpus. 29.1% of those decisions were upheld, which gives a public view of how often complaints involving this firm ended in a fully upheld outcome in the final published set.

Banking and Payments is the firm’s clearest product exposure in the published decisions, with 4,784 decisions and an upheld rate of 32.1%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2026 (186 decisions)
  • Most common complaint theme: Fraud Or Scam Concern
  • Most common precedent signal: Consumer Credit Act 1974

Volume and outcome trajectory

Analysis

HSBC UK Bank Plc's decision trail runs from 2018 to 2026. That range gives enough public history to see whether complaint exposure has been broad-based or concentrated into certain years.

In the latest year represented here, HSBC UK Bank Plc appeared in 186 published decisions with an upheld rate of 30.6%.

  • 2026: 186 decisions, 30.6% upheld
  • 2025: 1,223 decisions, 25.4% upheld
  • 2024: 1,023 decisions, 31.1% upheld
  • 2023: 965 decisions, 36.8% upheld
  • 2022: 1,095 decisions, 36.5% upheld

Themes, products, and precedent signals

Analysis

Fraud Or Scam Concern is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to HSBC UK Bank Plc in the published decisions. In this corpus, those themes are the most stable public proxy for complaint “type”.

Consumer Credit Act 1974, Disp, Section 75 Cca, and others are the most visible precedent signals in the firm’s published decisions. That gives extra context on the rules and fairness arguments appearing most often around the firm.

  • Banking and Payments: 4,784 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
  • Second precedent signal: Disp

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-608874029 Jun 2026Not upheld

HSBC UK Bank Plc · Consumer Credit

My final decision is that I don’t uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr B to accept or reject my decision before 27 July 2026.

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DRN-622621029 Jun 2026Upheld

HSBC UK Bank Plc · Banking and Payments

My final decision is that I uphold this complaint and HSBC should put things right in the way that I’ve set out above. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr A to accept or reject my decision before 27 July 2026.

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DRN-622929529 Jun 2026Not upheld

HSBC UK Bank Plc · Mortgages

My final decision is that HSBC UK Bank Plc has made a fair and reasonable offer to settle this complaint. It should pay Mr T and Mrs T £100 if it hasn’t already paid this.

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DRN-639955929 Jun 2026Not upheld

HSBC UK Bank Plc · Banking and Payments

For the reasons given above, my final decision is that I do not uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Miss H to accept or reject my decision before 27 July 2026.

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DRN-643373129 Jun 2026Not upheld

HSBC UK Bank Plc · Banking and Payments

My final decision is that I don’t uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr A to accept or reject my decision before 27 July 2026.

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