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Ronel P

1 reviews | Active since Dec 2019

22 Sept 2026, 11:37

Be prepared to swim through mud

Having used various African Bank products for at least a decade due to good interest rates, I finally closed my account; the administrative management at African Bank is disastrous. Transfers in progress are stalled by a CRM person just unilaterally closing the workflow item without cause. Opening investment accounts are quite easy, but if you close one, they suddenly want a whole lot more information including wanting to take like 6 close-up photos of your face WITHOUT having a baseline photo to compare anything to (can you see the ***** possibilities??) . It is up to the client to try and manage any process proactively. Despite numerous calls, *** and complaints, I finally closed my account with the same incorrect residential address I complained about all along. They also allowed another person to open an account with my *** and next thing I got a call from their ***** department having to justify that I am the owner of that number (which they called me on!!!) I don't lose my temper often but I completely lost it recently, to my shame. I won't ever do business with them again, even if just for my heart health.

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Replies (3)
African Bank
African Bank's reply22 Sept 2026, 12:56
Official
Thanks for speaking up and calling us out. We'd like to call you and listen to your concern in detail, but our call was disconnected. There are no calls made by the bank to the contact number listed on this Profile.
Please share the number you received calls from and on so that we can investigate this further for you.
Your African Bank Support Specialist team
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Ronel P's update22 Sept 2026, 13:38
Reviewer Update
It was on the same number you have on file for me (the number against which another person's account was allowed to be opened) and the call was from your Head of ***** Division some years back. Happy to chat further if you'd like to email me your questions.
African Bank
African Bank's reply22 Sept 2026, 14:34
Official
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We understand your frustration and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused. Our system does not allow a number which is already registered by another customer to be used to open a new account by another customer. To investigate and assist with your query, we are required to contact you and complete a verification process before we can proceed, this is something we cannot do via email.
Your African Bank Support Specialist team