“had been a member for many years and recently closed all of my accounts following a lack of interest in the retention of business from the CEO. Following this I asked them to erase all of my data and following some very inconsistent replies saying it's 12 years and then only 6 I received a final email from them saying that they would not reply to any further correspondence saying that any further contact from me would be marked as unanswered.
How rude is that?
I had previously asked for copies of all of my data which I did receive a link to and you would be amazed how much and what they retain. So I have made a note to contact them in 6 six years to have it all removed as one of the things that they never assured me of was that it would actually be deleted even then. Time will tell, so be warned and maybe check out your position.”
“I recieved terrible service in the Southend On Sea branch with one member of staff actually lying about his name saying he was called Tim when in fact the complaints team tell me his name was Steve. When I complained about this and other events on the day I was phoned by David Knight a so called member relations consultant who lied himself to defend the indefensible. If this is the way Nationwide have gone it is a very sad indictment of society indicating these people would go to all lengths to save there jobs at the expense of customer service.”
“IT HAS BEEN A SAD YEAR FOR US, WE SPENT LAST 5 MONTHS TRYING TO GET JUSTICE FROM NATIONWIDE FOR WHAT KINGSWINFORD MANAGER PUT US THROUGH.
I WENT TO THIS BRANCH WITH MY PARENT. WHEN MY PARENT (WHOSE ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE) ASKED FOR HELP, THE MANAGER CALLED THEM DISABLED THROUGH THE LOUD SPEAKER TO HUMILIATE THEM PUBLICLY. I WAS SITTING, NEVER INTERACTED WITH THEM.
THEN ALMOST 2 MONTHS LATER, I RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM THIS MANAGER ACCUSING ME OF, THAT MY BEHAVIOUR WAS INAPPROPRIATE, I USED A FAUL LANGUAGE, I THREATENED STAFF. THIS WAS FALSE, A SLANDER. MY PARENT MADE A COMPLAINT ONLY TO FACE FURTHER ABUSE. THEY ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT THE CAMERA AT THE BRANCH THAT I HAVE NEVER EVEN GOT UP & DID THOSE THINGS SHE ACUSED ME OF TO NO VAIL. NEXT, TO COVER UP FOR HER, THIS MAN FROM HEAD OFFICE WHO ADMITTED ADMIRING THIS MANAGER ON THE PHONE TO MY PARENT, THEN HACKED MY ACCOUNT. HE TOOK THE COMPLAINT KINGSWINFORD MANAGER MADE AGAINST ME & ALL THE ONGOING HARASSMENT CORRESPONDENCES SENT TO ME & PUT THEM ALL TO MY PARENTS ACCOUNT AFTER CHANGING NAMES ON THE LETTERS, AS IF MANAGER NEVER MADE A COMPLAINT AGAINST ME, AS IF WAS ALWAYS MY PARENT. HE THEN ACTED LIKE THEY NEVER ACCUSED ME OF ANYTHING TO COVER UP FOR HER. THIS IS WHAT I WITNESSED, IT IS MY HONEST TRUE STATEMENT.”
“Great building society very pleased with them theve sorted me out some good deals and I've taken loans out with them as well and their website/banking is really good and easy to use .”
“This bank started a hatred campaign against our family. Discriminative, disrespectful and despicable customer service.
We are continuously being bullied by our local branch, our rights are being violated by this Nationwide Kingswinford branch. Every time we go there we face another inhospitality and discrimination. We go to their complain procedure, then face with very much biased unprofessional and dysfunctional complaint procedure.
This should never be allowed in this modern civilised society. Our only option is now seek justice through Ombudsman.”
“Races, breaking confidentiality and making fraudulent claims, the notorious shameless Kingswinford branch!
Races, breaking confidentiality and making fraudulent claims, the notorious shameless Kingswinford branch!
We took our son to open his first account. The staff were, as races, arrogant, lazy, publicly humiliating and incompetent as ever. The general mind state of them, as soon as you enter, bored arrogant, and slagging, they start whispering. Then they will give all confidential information, like how much money you have in your bank etc through a laud speaker by which, all other customers will hear.
We asked their help to open our son's first account. No help, instead the manager asked loudly '
ARE YOU DISABLED YOU CANT OPEN IT YOURSELF??'
I was speechless then this unprofessional manager shouted,
'WHAT IS YOUR DISABILITY??' She then gave us leaflet a bit of scribbles and said ' YOU CAN DO IT'.
We left humiliated and upset. The scribbles (info) were all wrong, the phone number she gave was not in use. But since we were not disabled, and since they were lazy, we managed to open son's account.
Two weeks later, we received a complaint letter accusing our son who never spoke to them accept giving his name and dob shyly and sat at the back, that:
'YOU WERE AGGRESSIVE, INAPPROPRIATE AND MADE STAFF UNCOMFORTABLE'. Now, bare in mind, my son never got of his chair, accept when asked him to repeat his Name, and DOB. So, this incompetent and unethical people made a false allegation against my son.
I called them and asked an investigating for this fraudulent complain. Instead, a man from complain department said 'STAFF DID THEIR BEST, YOU ARE WRONG' then hanged up.
What kind of a bank is this, we put our money in to their trust, from which they earn money from, but cannot treat equally respectfully.
Worse bank ever. The staff is not trained and throughout professionalism, ethics. We are going to ombudsman and removing our bank to a bank who will value our custom.”
“Recently I did an online switch to move from cooperative bank to nationwide for the £100 incentive. All my direct debits were switched to the new account from my old one seamlessly. After a couple of weeks of the account being opened I noticed that I had not been paid the £100 and my account with cooperative remained opened. I called to enquire and was told by a member of staff that I had opted to carry out a partial switch of my account and that was why I hadn't received the incentive or had my old account closed. I most definitely hadn't opted for this whatsoever. I explained this to the male I spoke to who was unsympathetic and continued to place the blame at my feet. I then asked for him to submit a complaint on my behalf which he did.
Two days later I received a phone call from the complaints department refusing to uphold my complaint, again blaming me for some inputting error. Despite the fact I did not even see an option to "partial switch" and am not sure why this would be an option anyway.
If a partial switch is an option they need to make their website much clearer. I feel completely duped into opening this account. I have said I do not accept their resolution and am having paperwork sent out so I can then complain to the financial ombudsman about this shoddy service.
I have also started the process of having all my direct debits rerouted so I can close this account as soon as possible.
Will not be going near Nationwide with a barge pole and will be advising friends and family against it too.”
“EVIL PEOPLE WHO TAKE AND TAKE ON A BASIC ACCOUNT WITH NO OVERDRAFT AT ALL SAYING NOTHING THEY CANT DO CAUSE WE HAVE NO DIRECT DEBITS GOING OUT AND OUR ACCOUNT OVERDRAWN BY 53.00 AND THEN TO BE TOLD IF IT TAKES ALL YOUR BENIFITS THEN CALL BACK WE ARE DIABETICS ON INSULIN AND NEED OUR MONEY FOR OUR SPECIAL DIETS VERY NASTY MAN NO HELPED AT ALL WE ALSO HAVE PTSD AND DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND THEY HAVE MADE US WORRY SICK WILL WE GET OUR MONEY AVOID AVOID NO CUSTOMER SERVICES AT ALL NO EVEN WILLING TO HELP US WISH WE NEVER WENT WITH NATIONWIDE LOOKING FOR A NEW BANK NOT HUMAN TO DO THIS TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITYS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND TYPE 1 DIABETES ON INSULIN WHEN WE SIGNED UP IT WAS BASIC ACCOUNT WITH NO OVERDRAFT THEN WE OVER DRAWN AND HE DIDNT HELP JUST CAUSED A LOT OF STRESS TO US CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS TERRIBLE”
“Nationwide has valued a house built in the last decade and in excellent order at much less than the market price. There are no other properties in the same area that can be obtained at that price. This jeopardises obtains a mortgage on the property. Building Society that’s a joke.”
“I had reason to complain to NBS about something But was disgusted to get a reply from customer services that had a link to The Black Lives Matter Website at the bottom of the email, According to the NBS Management team this is acceptable, As a armed forces Veteran I was deeply offended when B.L.M set fire to the Union jack and sprayed BLM on memorial's to many Black, White and Asian solders that gave there lives so they could have the Freedom they have today, I am in no way a racist having served with many Excellent Black and Asian solders I agree that everyone is entitled to a opinion but please NBS please Keep your support of political organisations to your self and don't force them on members”
“Pointless online system that on many occasions refuses to authenticate. Useless customer service and incompetent branch staff that fail to follow basic step by step instructions. Moving mortgage on next renewal.”
“Why tell me four days later that I can't open a current account and I have reached my maximum I am an adult and capable of making my own decisions. Nanny society”
“Interest awful! No reward for loyalty! Went to branch for help and was treated like dirt! All staff seem utterly miserable! And you can’t close accounts by the app! No wonder you are losing money like water! God awful place!”
“Switch process to Nationwide has been the most horrendous experience costing me time,money and sending my blood pressure through the roof. Nothing in the process happened as it should,,I had no idea what was going on and virtually impossible to speak to anyone. Even CO hadn't the grace to offer an apology when contact made by email out of sheer frustration. Will move as soon as possible”
“I have to say I have never ever had any problems with this bank and I’ve tried NatWest, TSB, HSBC. I’ve been with them for over 10 years and so has my husband & son. They are easy to contact & customer service is always amazing !!! Thank you Nationwide!”
