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Susanne A

1 reviews | Active since Jun 2016

16 Dec 2019, 09:32

Discovery Bank forcing their Discovery Card clients across to Discovery Bank even thought eh process is not working.

So, Discovery Bank are forcing all their Discovery Credit Card clients, that have been underwritten by FNB over the past years, across to Discovery Bank. Needless to say, you have to do all the joining and registering yourself via the Discovery Banking app, which does not work and is everything but user-friendly. The process is cumbersome and if Discovery are going to enforce the power they have to force you to join their bank, then they should do the process for you. Discovery card has all your details on the system, yet you have to do the process online via the app and once the primary cardholder has joined and is registered, it populates all relevant details about the existing credit card, even that there is a secondary cardholder, yet this process to apply for the secondary card does not work. Even with the Call centre agent trying to help, the process does not work. The primary cardholder's request for the secondary card, sends an SMS to the secondary cardholder, who then has to join the bank in their own right and register, but instead of the app populating the details to complete the application, the banking app wants to register the secondary cardholder as a primary cardholder and you cannot complete the process. On top of this whole mess, we have now received notification that there is a statement in the primary cardholder's inbox on the app, which is so small and almost unreadable, and informs us that there are already fees due by Jan 2020. We have not even received the primary card and cannot complete the secondary card application, yet we are already charged fees for not ever having used nor received our NEW Discovery credit cards and are still paying the monthly fees to FNB (Discovery) for the OLD Discovery credit cards. WE have not migrated yet across to Discovery Bank. This whole process is cumbersome, user-unfriendly and downright abuse of Discovery's power. I want to receive my credit card statement monthly via email as has always been the case and I can then print it out and verify the transactions against my purchase slips. I really do hope that Discovery Bank get their act together and make sure the app works the way it should - using us a guinea *** is unacceptable - why should we have to struggle with a cumbersome process. What do you say/do to clients that do not have a smartphone or access to the internet, data for online banking?? I find it unacceptable that we are forced to use only the app - I do not bank on my phone, only via my computer at home. Will you pay for your clients' data and smartphone and show them how to transact, especially your elderly clients. Discovery Bank should make its app is working 100% before going live and forcing clients into a process that does not work.

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Susanne A's update20 Dec 2019, 14:30
Reviewer Update
So Discovery don't even have the decency to reply to a review on Hello Peter. They have possibly the worst review points in the history of Hello Peter = 1,28 out of 10 and not a single positive review. Leave a lot to be desired
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Discovery Bank's reply09 Jan 2020, 11:42
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Good day Susanne 
 
Apologies for the delayed response and thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. 
 
We are in the process of moving all our Discovery Card clients, across individually to Discovery Bank over the next few months, as the Discovery Card on FNB’s platform will be non-existent in the near future. All Discovery Card clients will move over to Discovery Bank, so they will enjoy all new benefits and great rewards through the Discovery Bank app and the benefits of all its amazing features. 
 
We understand that we cannot make excuses for our systems and features that are not fully functional. However, we are still in the process of building South Africa’s first behavioral Bank. This means that as we go on our journey together to build a fully functional Behavioral Bank, we rely on our clients to advise us of the issues they experience so that we can have these corrected with the end result being us giving you the features, benefits and a world class Banking experience you deserve. 
 
Secondary card registration
 
Please advise if you are still experiencing difficulties with the secondary card registration. If so, please provide us with the secondary cardholder’s details and we will arrange for a Discovery banker to contact the client and assist. 
 
Discovery Bank account statements
 
Our focus for Discovery Bank is currently only app based. The Discovery Bank is a fully digital bank that uses the latest smartphone-, security and other banking technology. Unfortunately, currently you can only access your statements on the Bank app, however this might change in future.
 
Please follow the below steps to access your statements on the Bank app: 
 
·         Log in on the Bank app
·         Select “more” at the bottom of the screen 
·         Select “documents” 
·         Select “inbox” 
·         Select “statements”
 
Due to the Discovery Bank being a fully digital bank, which means you never have to queue at a teller again. We want clients to be able to manage their money anywhere, at any time, but also give them a banking experience that is easy, safe and secure. We are focused on giving clients the best app experience for now, so while we update the website regularly with content to help you manage your profile, we do not plan to take Discovery Bank to the website for now.
 
Once again, please accept our sincerest apologies for all the inconveniences and service failures you’ve experienced with Discovery Bank. 
 
Kind regards 
Discovery Bank Servicing Team