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Jonathan P

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2017

12 Sept 2017, 15:41

Deceased late account

I finally winded up my dads estate,received the letter of authority and all necessary documentation. I took off from work to complete this task so that i can have closure as my dad passed away 2 years ago. I went to standard bank business banking in Mitchell`s Plain as only they can assist regarding a deceased late account. I was told it would take 24 hours before they would contact me and confirm the verification of the documents. Its been five days now and all i received yesterday was a mail from the consultant who said he will be in contact as soon as the legal offices they sent the documentation to responds. i however have done research on this particular issue and noticed that there are lots of complaints regarding deceased late accounts. Thus I am showing my frustration with false/inaccurate communication and time frame given to me .

Can someone please help me as all I want is closure for peace of mind.

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Standard Bank
Standard Bank's reply13 Sept 2017, 05:17
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Thank you for posting your comment.

We assure you that as an organization we are committed to providing the best possible service and assure you that this will be addressed as a matter of urgency. Kindly provide us with your account or id numbers in order for us to escalate your matter further to the below email address:

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We apologize for the inconvenience and undue frustration, this has caused.

We greatly appreciate your continued support

Kind regards

Clint Chetty

Complaint Resolution Centre
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Standard Bank
Standard Bank's reply15 Sept 2017, 09:37
Official

Dear Jonathan Pheiffer

Thank you for your posting.

I refer to our email correspondence with each other and can confirm that the matter is being attended to.

Kind regards

Clint Petersen

Complaint Resolution Centre

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JP
Jonathan P's update18 Oct 2017, 15:06
Reviewer Update
Well, it's been well over a month now and I still have not got closure over my late dad's estate late account. I am truly frustrated by this process as I cannot understand why it takes this long, I've submitted all documentation that was requested from me, I yet again took days off from work to get this sorted.. I had quite some sarcastic service from standard bank after having to make a few trips in and out of the promenade branch and eventually my documents were sent through to the Deceased department in Joburg, Clint the complaints officer has not responded to my mail of yesterday as I had mentioned that I need to leave Cape Town for work purposes and would like to have closure on this process. Nobody contacts me as I have asked for communication, nobody mails me, nobody tells me anything, my father was with this bank for over 30 years... I will never ever recommend this bank to anyone, it's pathetic, simple communication that cannot be made. My next step is to contact some newspapers as alot of my time was taken and wasted, false promises and extremely inaccurate estimations of time frames for this process. Can somebody sort this bank our before I go extreme public with this.