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Juan P

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2011

01 Mar 2025, 16:41

Horrific horrific horrific customer service. HORRIFIC!!

I literally opened a new account with FNB today. Before that I got a bank printed proof of address statement from Capitec. At FNB i presented the above statement for them but it was not 'good enough' and the asked me to email a detailed bank statement to them including which includes my private transactions. This is highly suspicious. After opening an account with them I tried right there and then to deposit money into that account but i couldnt as it was "blocked" They couldnt explain why. A brand new account "blocked" !!!! My FNB banking app also kept on asking for my GPS location. I queried them about that and they mumbled some excuse about security which is highly suspicious as I have been doing online banking without my bank knowing my exact personal GPS coordinates for 2 decades. I specifically asked them if I could log onto my FNB account from my laptop at home and they said "YES". Obviously when I got home I could log in but I was unable to do anything on my laptop as it just logged me out for no reason. I tried chatting to them on my banking app but they ignored me for 2 hours and then only gave me half non-answers. STAY AWAY FROM THIS BANK IF YOU WANT ANY CUSTOMER SERVICE AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to switch banks and give FNB a go but their customer service LITERALLY failed me on the VERY FIRST DAY. Going into that s**t bank on monday to close my account.

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Juan P's update11 Mar 2025, 11:25
Reviewer Update
Update: Someone from the bank called me. They stilll could not tell me why my brand new account with ZERO balance has been blocked. I wanted to PUT MONEY INTO MY ACCOUNT and be a customer but this simple and core banking functionality was not working. I then just got angry and fed up with them and told them "just close the account. I will cut up my card and considered this account closed. Then in a very snarky tone she told me that I need to go BACK to the bank and close the account there. I told her I refuse to do so and I will consider this account closed" She then said I will be charged monthly "service charges". Service charges? ON WHAT "SERVICE"? I cant even put money into the account!! I also told them GOOD LUCK on taking "service charges" on a zero balance account and I then put the phone down.
The next day I got another call from them saying they will close my account, obviously after realising they will not get a single cent out of me.