HSBC Employee Reviews

1.4 Rating 626 Reviews
10 %
of reviewers recommend HSBC Employee
1.4
Based on 626 reviews
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Hong Kong and shanghai Banking Corp couldn't get any worse. I've had my accounts for 40 years (back when it was Midland Bank.) On line tells you to phone, they tell you to go online. Then told to go to the branch and the branch say to go online. Clueless
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Posted 3 years ago
i HAD BOTH MY PERSONAL AND BUSINESS ACCOUNTS WITH HSBC AFTER LEAVING BARCLAYS OF 28 YEARS. THIS WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE. THEY LOCKED BOTH BANKS WITHOUT A PHONE CALL TEXT OR EMAIL TO TELL ME, I HAD TO FIND OUT WHEN I COULDNT GET MONEY OUT, PAY ANYONE AND ALSO NO ONE COULD PAY ME. AFTER DAYS AND DAYS ON THE PHONES COMPLAINING I STILL HAVENT RECIEVED ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHY THEY CLOSED MY ACCOUNTS AND WAS TOLD IT COULD TAKE UP TO 8 WEEKS. WELL IM SUPPOSED TO PAY PEOPLE AND HAVE A NEW MORTGAGE COMING THROUGH FOR WHICH I CANT GET MY DEPOSIT OUT, SO BASICALLY I HAVE NO ACCESS TO ANY MONEY FOR A POSSIBLE 8 WEEKS AND THEY SAY ITS LEGAL. WELL ONE THING IS FOR SURE MY BUSINESS WILL SUFFER AND MY CREDIT RATING WILL BE DESTROYED AND YET THEY STILL WILL NOT ANSWER ME AS TO WHY......... MY ADVICE IS STAY WELL AWAY FROM HSBC AS THE SERVICE IS TERRIBLE, FORGET COVID AS THEY USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE AS THEY DONT CARE ABOUT THE LIKES OF ME OR YOU AND JUST WALK ALL OVER US. IF YOU JOIN DONT SAY I DIDNT WARN YOU.
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Posted 3 years ago
Been with hsbc over 35 years im now thinking of changing banks due to harrasment txts over overdrafts and absolutely no customer support except in uk or a call centre in india
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Posted 4 years ago
There Internet banking site is a JOKE, I have tried logging on five times this morning and every time its failed. They tell you to ring the customer service line, and what do I get some woman in the Philippines ( UK Jobs Gone). I would go to my local branch, but oh I forgot the two closest to me they have closed ( more UK JOBS GONE), and how much do you make a year Trillions! Total Joke
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Posted 5 years ago
Dormant account & frozen telephone banking nightmare After being an HSBC customer for 8 years, they froze my account for being inactive/dormant after a few months (I hadn't used it in a while), and also froze my telephone banking for some reason. I don't currently live in the UK, so could not go into a branch in person to "verify my identity". After calling for 6 months and repeatedly asking for a letter/code to unfreeze my telephone banking (in order to then re-open my dormant account), no letter came. When I called, the customer service agents could not confirm the address they were sending the letter to for "my security", because my telephone banking was frozen. I would later find out that they were sending the letter (WITH SECURE INFORMATION) to the wrong address. But they could not tell me this. If this sounds Kafka-esque and ridiculous and illogical, trust me, it was. I went into an HSBC US branch and begged them to call the UK bank to get my account unfrozen. After an hour on the phone, we were able to get my telephone banking unfrozen, but not my dormant account reactivated, because they have bizarre address and ID confirmation policies (what they are trying to confirm, I don't understand, because all of the addresses are easily changeable either on their website or through my other banks). No policies are consistent. None of their staff seem to know or understand their policies for basic things like unfreezing an account. I would absolutely NEVER recommend this bank to anyone. I will likely be closing my account after I get it unfrozen (it still isn't).
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Posted 6 years ago
Why do customers/potential customers not get as much as an acknowledgement when they contact customer service? The only way to get any response appears to be to contact the CEO and then you may get a phone call from someone who obviously missed the telephone customer training and speaks to you like an idiot. How do these staff get customer service jobs that they are not capable of doing? Or maybe just the HSBC ethos. The company obviously does not read these reviews or if they do the they don't care or they would doing something to improve the service - so many people cannot be wrong!!
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Posted 7 years ago
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Posted 1 year ago
In this time and age I had to complete a PAPER document and send off to the bank's customer service team BY POST to close my business account. After 10 days HSBC had made an attempt to contact me, I wasn't able to answer the phone. I then wanted to call back, unsuccessfully. I requested a call back and the whole experience went totally south from then on. I've been transferred from one team to another, the last office I've been put through turned out to shut for the day and the line went dead...I still have no idea what is the status of my bank account closure, what was the purpose of HSBC contacting me and when this will be resolved. Chat option is just pointless. The queue is always long (approx 50 people) and no resolution provided. Online banking and app are very limited too which means long hours spend on a phone calling customer service. Very disappointing and will never recommend to anyone.
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Posted 2 years ago
Shocking experience with HSBC business safeguard review where the questions were not relevant to our situation as we are not a business . Account was frozen twice. This used to be my favourite bank but now I would tell people to avoid it
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Posted 2 years ago
Totally unresponsive and incompetent customer service avoid these clowns like the plague.
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Posted 2 years ago
AWFUL !!! Overseas call centre. They cant understand even basic issues. They give basic answers (from the website) which are not helpful to the situation. SHOCKING! How can you get to chat to to anyone who understands English to a higher level ?
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Posted 3 years ago
Truly very bad bank , I would never trust them with a penny as it took me 18 months getting my own money back , avoid them like the plague. I read the reviews and cannot understand why this rogue bank is not CLOSED !
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Posted 3 years ago
Absolutely terrible customer services. We have fraud on our account which we need to talk to someone about. We can get through to the fraud team, despite being transferred by the customer services team, we have been on hold for hours over the last few days, after 2 hours of waiting each time we get hung up on. I've banked with hsbc for 11 years but as soon as I can I will be moving banks. They have ruined our Christmas, hundreds of pounds have been taken from our account and no one will help us. I'm on the phone to customer service as I write this but as usual after being put on hold the line goes dead. My husband has been on hold since 8am this morning. Absolutely horrific customer services.
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Posted 3 years ago
Absolutely appalling service, both from Customer service and through the Mobile banking App. Twice I've had my accounts frozen without notice and twice I've had to spend long periods of time on the phone with customer service in order to rectify and issue which I've been able to solve with other banking providers (Natwest) in a matter of minutes. The Mobile Banking App(s) are needlessly complicated and require highly complicated and confusing entry procedures upon every opening of the app. I will be closing my accounts with HSBC at the nearest possible opportunity and I strongly advise any prospective customers to consider other Banking options before choosing HSBC.
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Posted 3 years ago
Secure key stopped working. Took 2 weeks to send a new one but no code came for it. They claim to have posted one a month after they sent the secure key! It still has not arrived. They could not text a code because I had updated my address. (I haven’t). I am now locked out of my account and I am sick to death of this bank’s incompetence and lack of customer care.
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Posted 4 years ago
This outfit (from Worthing branch) is persistently chasing us for a payment to a company we purchased goods from. Our payment was made by BACS before Christmas and within the permitted time scale. We keep getting letters demanding monies with the usual threats but have written with full details explaining payment has already been made. They have not replied but have now resorted to telephoning with the same demands. They promised to investigate and ring back today but haven't done so. In 50 years of trading we have never experienced such ineptness. Don't go near them for ANYTHING!
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Posted 4 years ago
Tried calling their help line. Seems it is in Asia. Complete waste of time. Difficult to understand what they are saying and seem pretty clueless anyway. Will need to visit local bank to try and get some sense it seems.
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Posted 4 years ago
By far the worse experience I have ever had with a bank. Credit card account was blocked by HSBC for what they call unknown reasons. Asked them to unlock the account they said they need to send me a code via the post. Didn't receive it. So called again. They said they would send it again. Didn't receive it. Called again asking for my credit card balance as by this time I had enough. They couldn't give me a balance. Stated they need to send me a code first. Haven't received it. So if cancelled my direct debit. And I'm sure they will contact me saying. Sorry sir your direct debit has been cancelled you need to pay today. Sure I'll say. How much is my balance. I'll then pay it all off. Cancel the card and live happy ever after. Please stay away from these useless people. Thank you
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Posted 4 years ago
I woss in FINCHLI Road 122. London NW3 5 JD to upgrade my account I was served by Seema Panda it incredible service. BEST SERVIS I got So Far ever. She voz very frandly and helpful. And Myne Thanks.
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Posted 5 years ago
HSBC may be "the world's local bank", but more notably they're the world's worst! I have never had a worse banking experience than with HSBC, they are unhelpful (especially to existing customers), uncompetitive (both in terms of lending rates and banking services) and moreover they're completely incompetent. Thankfully it's been years since I held a current account with this shameful institution (never again shall I make that mistake) but last week I foolishly applied for a 0% balance transfer credit card with them. I'll bullet-point the chaos that ensued to save time: - Nearly a week after my application, without providing even an email confirmation to acknowledge that they had received it, they finally contacted me by email to request further information. - Despite me passing a credit check with ease, they requested that I upload copies of my last 3 payslips and last 3 month's bank statements. In hindsight this was a ludicrous request considering I had passed the credit check, but I figured I was committed by this point so I obliged and uploaded the documents through their frustrating online service. - A further 2 working days after this (again, no email confirmation) I finally receive a call from their frankly downright rude and abrasive credit card team. They start by challenging my declared salary, insisting that they've 'done the math' and it adds up to less than I've declared. Now, like any normal human being on this planet, I know what my annual salary is - so I questioned what 'math' they had done to arrive at this bizarre conclusion. It transpires they are calculating my annual basic salary post-tax and post corporate deductibles (company benefits, pension, etc.). That's not right is it? Damn straight it's not right, in fact, I've been back to their online application screen since to check and it clearly states that they want your annual income BEFORE tax. In any case, there was no reasoning with this particular moron who was adamant they had read my payslips correctly (they hadn't - my salary before tax is clearly stated and if you multiply it by 12, guess what? it adds up to my declared annual income!). In less polite words than I'm using now I 'requested' that they cancel my application and swipe their 0% card somewhere other than a card reader. - 20 minutes later I applied online for a similar card with Santander. - My application was accepted immediately. The moral of this story is: DON'T EVER BANK WITH HSBC, EVER, FOR ANY REASON! With love, Sam
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Posted 5 years ago
HSBC Employee is rated 1.4 based on 626 reviews