Metro Bank Reviews

1.4 Rating 134 Reviews
9 %
of reviewers recommend Metro Bank
1.4
Based on 134 reviews
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Metro Bank 1 star review on 12th March 2024
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Metro Bank 1 star review on 12th March 2024
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Metro Bank 1 star review on 12th March 2024
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Metro Bank 1 star review on 12th March 2024
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Metro Bank 1 star review on 12th March 2024
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Metro Bank 1 star review on 15th October 2023
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Metro Bank 1 star review on 26th April 2022
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I tried to pay cash into my isa account the cashier said there something and he could not do it.The money was paid into my current account and I thought I would transfer into my isa when I got home.I was unable to transfer the so I telephoned Metrobank.10 waiting to speak to a person,she could not help and transfered me to second person another 15 minute wait.She was helpful but I was cut off.That could have been caused by my mobile.25 minutes just to talk to a person would help.Frustrating.I closed my isa now.
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Posted 1 year ago
This new metrobank online program is a total useless non user friendly disaster. Who designed it should be fired as incompetend
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Posted 1 year ago
Not happy with customer support. They can not solve any of minor problems. Any. Useless. Send me to visit one of branches. But nearest one in a different town. They very easy lock your account, once you forgot your password. I have accounts with other uk banks and can compare. Service not easy and not friendly to customers. Last time i speak with support by phone and gave her feedback, girl interrupted me and said I don't know what you talking about, what you want. Metro bank, i want you to listen to your customers. This is what i want. Looks like soon will tell you good bye
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Posted 1 year ago
Shouldn't receive any star!!!! The worst bank ever! I was getting paid by my Employer every month since 5 years Last month I didn't received my wages... When I called Metro bank customer services I was told that transfer been rejected by them as it's doesn't match name in the system... I'm foreigner and believe me - impossible to meet someone with same surname as mine in here....!!! I was advised to call my Employer ( who has another 400 employees on payroll) and advice them to make another bank transfer with name as appear on my card.... I did what's been advised... and guess what... after waiting over 48 hours ( as Staines branch manager advised that this is time for transfer to arrive to your bank account - if you banking with Metro!) transfer been rejected again! As name didn't match my bank account. It was matching for 5 years and suddenly stopped.... If you want to receive normal transfers ( max 2 hours wait) please categorically avoid opening account with Metro bank!!!!
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Posted 1 year ago
Absolutely awful service. Spent two hours in the lobby just waiting for staff to speak with me. I tried to open an account as a Ukrainian and they spent half an hour searching on google if I come from occupied territory or not. After I provided the official UK government page for Russian sanctioned territories the manager said we do not care about UK guidance because we are a US owned bank follow our own rules. The manager promised to follow up on the matter with the head office and get back to me however it has been 3 days and the manager is not replying to any of my email.
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Posted 1 year ago
This bank opens your account on the basis where you were born, No matter how long you stayed in UK, what passports you got Today i went to open an account when the staff checked my place of birth on my British passport, he went inside and come back and told me that because i born in a different country. We can not open your av account straight away. There is a different process for you. When i challenged him then he blamed to FCA. I will complaint against Metro Bank.
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Posted 1 year ago
i requested a interest rate reduction for my home loan, KIM M. of loan fullfillment help me(that's what i thought). After two request, She was able to give me 0.5% reduction(from 8% down to 7.5%). Advice me to send the necessary document and pay for amendment fee before the deadline she gave, that is without giving me how much would be my new monthly amortization. To make the story short, i was able to fullfil all those requirement ahead of time. Then make follow up and ask her how much will be my new amortization rate. To my surprise, really surprise, all my expenses considering amendment fee, gasoline and toll fee is pretty MUCH bigger than what i can save with the new monthly amortization. WTF. This person(if she really is) don't know how it feels to be fooled. Imagine she wasted my time and effort for nothing and I knew she now it. I know KARMA today is already digital, i just hope that she will not encounter this kind of fooling in the future.
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Posted 1 year ago
Outdated practices. One has to go to the branch where the account was opened to update a contact information. You need to call their hotline once your bank has updated your record. Of course, you wouldn't know that right? There is no alerts.
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Posted 1 year ago
Company very poor performance. Reseting password is impossible. Instructions on website not accurate. PLDT phone offline for 2 weeks. Does not answer emails for months. Updating mobile phone & mobile, offline. Not sure when it will resume. Head of Branch clueless. If you are abroad, beware of Metrobank. Impossible to communicate and resolve issues. Very poor performing bank.
Metro Bank 1 star review on 26th April 2022
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Posted 2 years ago
Not suitable for businesses. Relationship managers change almost monthly. Hamza who was ours was completely clueless.
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Posted 2 years ago
beyond belief awful service - 3 months to open an account and still counting - took a photo of one of the account holders and then complained it dignity look like them - STAY AWAY - would give zero stars if possible
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Posted 2 years ago
Metro bank restricted my account without informing me, they block my account for no reason. I called 3 times and everytime they said we will email relevent team to contact you which they didn't, then i called and told them want to close my account with mero, next day they emailed me saying after carefuly reviewing your account we are unable to continue banking with you so we gonna close your account. I didn't do anything wrong, i used my account only 5 months and i only used for shop on amazon but today i went bank and the guy said he can't see the reason on the system but it says i breached terms&conditions. He didn't give me my money back and he said he has to fill the form and send it to the head office then they will transfer the money to my other account and he would only do it if i give him my other account statment and god knows how long that's goning to take. I checked online and Metro bank is blocking all the iranian's bank account in UK without explaination. They are descreminating UK residents because they born in iran and i born in iran as well. I opened this account in 2018 but just at the end of september 2021 i started useing it, first time my account got blocked when i was buying something on etsy and this time they block when i was buying on amazon. i am a disabled person and this is how metro bank discreminated me. I have a bank accounts with Barclays and Santander for so many years and they never treated me like this SHAME ON YOU METRO BANK I HATE METRO BANK
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Posted 2 years ago
Metrobank is so cold-hearted and ruthless. I requested multiple times for the reversal of a late charge because I paid 25 hours late due to the reason that we were hit by biggest typhoon in the Philippines and got rejected all the time. No compassion and consideration for regular people because BUSINESS for them is BUSINESS. Totally disappointed!
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Posted 2 years ago
Hello was in Fulham metro to day staff not helpful very rude
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Posted 2 years ago
I'm in disbelief that these people are allowed to treat people this way and stay accredited. Please never trust these people with your money. their own staff are trained to fob and lie to customers. Their supposedly amazing customer service has disappeared, this is what drew me to them 7 years ago when I switched. Big mistake, I have since learned the smiles are there to mask the lack of willingness and ability to actually help the customer with any solutions. And after tonight's interaction I can see that they have given up bothering with the niceties too. The straw that has just broken the camel's back for me is that I have just called in the middle of the night as I have been ripped off by a faulty cash machine and was treated so awfully by their representative named KWAME from the card security team, who did nothing at all to help and tried to fob me off the phone. Obviously anxious, I asked him to leave a note on my account so that when i call tomorrow this can be verified as I cant afford to lose the £70 through lack of detail, I practically had to beg him for this, i then realised it was because he couldn't be bothered to go through security with me to actually access my account despite speaking as though he knew who i was and had my account open in front of him. When he reluctantly does so, he says he has left a note on my account and starts talking about a "cash advance" something i have never heard of and had nothing to do with my enquiry, he then retracts his statement and repeats back my predicament in minimal detail I then asked him if he could record that I asked him to note the cash machine's postcode. He tells me he can't do this and this is not how it's done or how he was trained. HE told me that the cash machines details are already recorded on the system and that he has the postcode in front of him, I tell him that i just want to be able to verify that i have made contact as soon as i possibly could to which he got aggressive and impatient. I ask him to read back the postcode he has in front of him to check it is the same as the one i got from the premises he then starts stuttering as he has been caught in yet another a LIE, the postcode was not there and he refused to note it on the account. at this point I ask to speak to his supervisor, he tells me there is no supervisor on the floor, so I ask him how I make sure his supervisor will know that it is he that i am talking about when i complain or call back in the morning. He claims that his details are on my account, he gave me no verifiable information for the follow up, I ask him if calls are recorded and he said yes and you can request that recording, so I do and it turns out that was a lie too. At this point im both irate and worried for my finances in the middle of the night. I asked him for his supervisors name, he refused, so I tell him what I have noted from the phone call so I know what to say when i call tomorrow and he hung up on me, leaing me wondering how will I survive if this goes wrong. I'm shaken and worried about my finances, the machine has taken £70 from my account and not dispensed the cash, this is a lot of money to me so I made sure to call the bank as soon as I got home, after checking my banking as i can see the transaction and that my balance has gone down. That money pays all of my utilities/ bills and my weeks food for both me and my disabled mum, in fact i take it out in cash so that I know to be careful and not overspend which is easier if you physically have the cash in front of you and can see how little you have left after each purchase. I honestly don't know what I will do if this money is not returned quickly. Please do not trust these people and let them put you and your family in this much uncertainty, distress and be treated so poorly.
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Posted 2 years ago
Erm so they don't have like a support email you can write them to... Which is extremely frustrating cos I hate calling over the phone. And there are like several generations now that don't do calls only email and text and yet no email or online chart. What a joke! And!! I wanted to send them a complaint about this but guess what you can't email them your complaint either...you can call them or write a handwritten letter... what a joke of a bank...
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Posted 2 years ago
This is the worst bank! I have made countless follow up for cheque pick up but they always send me templated response, or worse they never respond at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been waiting for 3 months for the cheque pick up request from my refund that has been processed for a year!!!!!!!!
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Posted 2 years ago
Do not like the metro bank new online. It’s absolutely ridiculous and does not work with all browsers. Gone into the branch asking to open an account, 3 hours wait. Rude lady spoke to me. I used to love Metro bank now it’s gone down the drain.
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Posted 2 years ago
My account got locked. I live overseas and due to pandemic, I can't even use my money as Metrobank atm have only limited access to certain few countries. Been contacting the customer service since August! No reply. NO reply. Now I even can't access my account as the bank had changed phone app policy!! Very poor service!! I would not recommend Metrobank bank!!
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Posted 2 years ago
Never have I ever felt so hopeless, helpless than when I walked into the bookkeeping area had a conv. W/ a young gentleman @ reconciling my acct for 2(two) discrepancies on or about Wed the 10th Nov 21. WHY do you make it the acct holders responsibility to call the business of said fraudulent activity? It's likely not going to heed success. The position if customer SVC will be more likely to have such financial expediting return. I still have not called the 2 businesses where my own $, not the criminals, was taken out for the benefit of the criminal. My account continues to go into OD mode and now I know why! But ...I'm only the pieon!
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Posted 2 years ago
Metro Bank is rated 1.4 based on 134 reviews