Woman wins fight against 'bully' banks

She allegedly received 550 calls for missing one loan repayment.

A woman in the UK has won a landmark victory against a bullying bank that reportedly bombarded her with nearly 550 phone calls.

UK publication The Mirror reports that Amanda Roberts, 48, was bombarded with phone calls from the Halifax Bank of Scotland during a seven-month period after she missed a single payment on a $11,990 (£7,300) loan.

Roberts also alleged in her case that the bank continued to harass her even when she asked it to stop and even started calling her elderly parents.

The bank also reportedly froze her current account, which prevented Roberts from pauing off a credit card debt, The Mirror reported.

The Court of Appeal has now ruled the calls were “intimidatory bullying” and ¬amounted to harassment. Roberts has won a payout of $12,318 (£7,500).