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Kamil R

1 reviews | Active since Mar 2012

12 Feb 2019, 08:07

Absa's banking circus again!

I opened a business account in October last year. It is not 5 months later and i still have not received a bank card. i do not even know who my business banker is. I tried to get a confirmation of banking letter last week by sending an email to ********** and got a call from a very helpful lady who promised to sort my account out. She said that my account has not been activated with a deposit and i explained that i am a bit hesitant to deposit money into an account with no way of accessing it. She understood and said that she will order a card, that takes 3 to 5 says. Never got the card yet. She also said that i should go to a branch and create an internet banking pin so in that way i can transfer funds out of the account if i need to while waiting for the card. So on saturday i go to my branch and create a pin for internet banking, works fine, yesterday i make a deposit into the account, but at night when i wanted to pay a supplier from that account suddenly my pin stops working. I call the internet banking call center only to be told that my internet banking service has been suspended due to non payment of the internet banking fee. I explained to the consultant that there is funds in the account now. he says he will send a request to get the account internet banking reinstated. He says wait and hour. I wait 90 minutes. try again. Still cannot access the account. Call back, ended up speaking to the same consultant who then starts making a whole lot of assumptions without even bothering to check the account. Eventually i ask him quite sternly if he can check the account and he does but tells me it is still suspended and i must wait 2 more hours(this is now after 9pm). I wait till 11:30 and check the account, still cannot access it. try this morning. still cannot access it. call internet banking again, start the process from scratch.

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Replies (3)
Absa
Absa's reply12 Feb 2019, 14:13
Official
Dear Client
 
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. We will investigate the matter and provide feedback once the matter has been resolved.


Regards
 Vanessa Crowe
Group Customer Care
 Absa Bank Ltd
 

Best regards,

Absa
Absa's reply12 Feb 2019, 21:13
Official
 Good day,  I am Vanessa Crowe and I will be facilitating your case. Please use the following reference number: ***.This confirms that an incident has been logged. My email address is *** or you can reach me on *** if you need any further details. 

Best regards,

KR
Kamil R's update12 Feb 2019, 22:26
Reviewer Update
Hi Vanessa. I just want to add, my account was opened online and all the requested paperwork was sent through. Only for me to find out today that my account has a FICA hold on it. I am honestly frustrated beyond belief right now. As a new business all my time is going to speaking to suppliers and vendors and setting up my eCommerce site and doing the integrations. I really should not be going through this from an institution that is supposed to make life easier for me as a business owner.