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Carike G

1 reviews | Active since Nov 2017

09 Jan 2025, 14:25

Bidvest Bank withholding Airbnb Hosts' money

Since January 2025 Bidvest Bank is wrongfully withholding my Airbnb payouts. I want to know how they will pay back the interest I'm losing and the interest I'm paying to take out loans to run my business which is usually dependant on my Airbnb payouts. Bidvest Bank has been sending me a link to a mandate form with each one of my payouts. When I correctly complete and submit the form it returns an error message. When I phone there is no answer only a pre recorded message about how busy they are. When I email no response. When I send a message on the contact platform. No response. They must be doing this with thousands of Airbnb Hosts and retaining our money and possibly earning interest on it. How can this be legal?

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Bidvest Bank
Bidvest Bank's reply10 Jan 2025, 09:57
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Good day, Carike

We apologise for your experience.  Please note that we have escalated your complaint to our customer experience team who will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

We appreciate your patience.

Regards,
Bidvest Bank Team
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Carike G's update16 Jan 2025, 10:45
Reviewer Update
How my mandate error was resolved

Phone Customer Contact Centre on 0860-11-11-77 .
Hold on until you speak to an actual person who will escalate your mandate error and will send you an email.
Respond to this email.
Take phone calls from Jhb numbers which will possibly be one of the mandate team members.