Bovill's Spiers: De-banking decisions are commercial and rarely about making plans for Nigels

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Recent data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) shows that the number of complaints about a bank account closure has risen in each of the three last financial years, hitting 2,708 complaints for 2022/23.

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