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Nosipho D

1 reviews | Active since Apr 2024

10 Apr 2024, 16:14

First National Bank very bad customer service, unresponsive, bad communication.

First National Bank has the worst customer service I have ever experienced. I moved abroad but kept my FNB account. They never communicated when they started requiring KYC compliance and closed my account with warning. I used my account to maintain my life insurances I took out when I was based in South Africa. Closing the account stopped the direct deposits to these life insurances. Then I went through a tedious process to submit all required forms and after they reopened the account for a few months they closed it again without warning. I requested that they just send the balance of the account to my sister's account and filled in necessary forms for this request. Instead of closing the account they call me and convince me to resubmit KYC forms so they can reopen unfreeze the account. For 8 months now I am going back and forth filling in forms and they are refusing to just close the account and send me my balance. What a nightmare and unnecessary stress on my end. Very bad bad bank. Don't use them!!!

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Nosipho D's update16 May 2024, 10:02
Reviewer Update
FNB has still not refunded the money they took out of my account after they closed it. Instead they continue to charge bank charges on the account they have since reopened but has no money in it (because they took out the funds and claim they cannot refund dormant claims unless I go to the bank physically). Now I have a negative balance on the since reopened account and I am reluctant to use the account or put money in it in case they close it again and take my money. All I need is for them to reinstate the money they took out.