HSBC

I am BEYOND frustrated with this company. NEVER in my life have I had to deal with such incompetence. I cannot even link my checking to my account at HSBC to pay my bill. No one will call me back and no one knows any answers! Weeks have passed and they have not fixed the problem. They have lowered my FICO score because of this and I am so upset. Now my credit card account is completely frozen. Never do business with company - they are beyond awful and you cannot get anywhere by communicating with them as no one knows what they are doing. They don't deserve even 1 star!

Customer service is just so unprofessional. First of all, trying to get a hold from a representative takes over 30 minutes most of the times. In addition, they’re so incompetent to resolve any inquiries that I may have. For instance, I’ve been calling for about two weeks in order to know why my credit card is not working and either I have to wait or speak to a representative who doesn’t speak English fluently. It’s been three weeks and my credit card still doesn’t work and nobody from HSBC can’t solve this issue. At this point, I’ll stop banking with HSBC and of course complain with the BBB.

HSBC Milpitas, Horrible service - This is my first time in my life to write an only one star. The teller is significantly incompetent and the manager is a person who does not qualify as a "manager". We are there to ask a simple statement. First of all, the teller did not know how to print out a simple statement and blah blah blah told us to wait. Then the manager pissed me off and said to me that she need to talk to the account owner not me. Well, even though I am not the owner but I am a live-human being being there for help. She couldn't show her respect attitude, instead... I was so regret to encourage my husband to open HSBC account.

I am very sad to the HSBC suspended my account for no reason. Now is 8 weeks. I can not access my business account or my money. When contact HSBC they refused to speak to me. HSBC requested prove when the money comes from and I did supply all evidence. I keeping called, visited the branch, emails, send a letter and still refused to reply me. HSBC keeping receives money from my customers for self. I have requested all my money my business account and will found another bank. I want to take legal action to HSBC from discrimination, and keeping money from my customers. I am now going to the hospital due to the stress HSBC. If you know any civil laws can help me I will be much appreciated!

HSBC bank. The following is my humble opinion and what I believe: I will never open bank accounts, credit cards etc. with HSBC. They are one of the worst banks I have ever dealt with. The online process to open a simple bank account took me about an hour and a half and it’s still not finished I Believe the bonus of $350 to open a bank account was a bait and switch scam. Calling customer service about five or six times all calls went to the Philippines with people barely speak English and they sound like five in a closet. It’s so noisy. Very unprofessional bank experience I had. What a disgraceful bank I believe. Then days later five days later I went to branch to remove my $10,000 they're holding hostage is unbelievable and I got told I can’t take the money out after wasting another hour in the bank with clueless people who blame online banking as the issue.

After being an HSBC UK customer for 8 years, they froze my account for being inactive/dormant after a few months (I hadn't used it in a while), and also froze my telephone banking for some reason. I don't currently live in the UK, so could not go into a branch in person to "verify my identity". After calling for 6 months and repeatedly asking for a letter/code to unfreeze my telephone banking (in order to then re-open my dormant account), no letter came. When I called, the customer service agents could not confirm the address they were sending the letter to for "my security", because my telephone banking was frozen. I would later find out that they were sending the letter (WITH SECURE INFORMATION) to the wrong address. But they could not tell me this. If this sounds Kafka-esque and ridiculous and illogical, trust me, it was.

I found HSBC very difficult to navigate. I organised a savings account with intentions to save with a new job. I attempted to set up internet banking and was unable to. It turns out I was meant to be sent a security device when I opened the account. I asked on multiple occasions to send me the device and it continually got missed and didn't happen. Eventually I have decided to close the account due to being unable to access online banking as a result of no security device. Trying to close the account has been a ludicrous effort. I have sent the correct paperwork and then after receiving it they send me a sheet to confirm my signature.

I went to purchase lunch. Card did not work. Called HSBC and was advised needed to verify transactions after I had been with them for a month at that point. Waited on hold for 25 minutes that the place gave me the food for free. About 1 1/2 hour later spoke with Fraud. They asked for my passport number. I have never had a passport. I signed up with state ID. Resubmitted same info over the phone. Thinking all is well. Long story short I asked for my application showing I selected passport. They denied that. They stated they are closing my account and will mail my check and I should receive it within 7-10 business days. The account is still open and blocked and they give me a different time frame each day I call. I have filed a complaint with the BBB as this has cause all my bills to be late. I had to borrow money. Incurred late fees on rent will be $180. It's embarrassing to not be able to handle my business behind this.

I just opened a credit card with HSBC. Made my first purchase and got a fraud alert which required me to call a call center in India that could hardly speak English to confirm my charge. Made my second purchase and AGAIN got a fraud alert which required me to call a call center in India that could hardly speak English to confirm my charge. It's absolutely ridiculous that I can't use this card without getting a fraud alert for every purchase that I make. If I have to call India to confirm every charge, this card isn't worth my time or aggravation. Upon using my card the 3rd time, it's now been declined and I apparently can't use my card at all and I'm getting damn sick of calling India. What a joke of a bank! I will never use this card again.

A living trust acct was set up years ago at HSBC by my mom with my brother and me as the trustees. For many years I deposited funds and withdrew funds from this acct. This past December my brother and I agreed to withdraw all funds and dissolve the acct. HSBC barred us from withdrawing our funds. My Trust and Estate attorney spent 2 months representing us and dealing with the legal dept of the main branch with countless phone calls and voluminous paperwork. We were barred from removing our funds until my attorney finally prevailed.

They have this really policy that to use the APP you need to have a PIN number that they give you and that is fine. Now the problem is they send the PIN number through mail a couple weeks after you have your card. I called customer service to ask for it, they can't help... And all they can do is to give you a temporary Login ID and password until the PIN number arrived in the mail. The customer service... I would guess they are from outside the States so a bit hard to understand and the quality of the call is terrible. They also transfer you 2 or 3 times to the wrong department. Then after you wasted 20 minutes talking to the wrong people they still unable to help you. I'm just gonna to get the sign up bonus offered then will never use this card again.

HSBC Jersey have managed to "lose" a large sum of money they were transferring from our account in Jersey to another UK account. Simple huh? Well not for this bank... They do not call back, they offer platitudes like "I'm sorry we didn't meet your expectations" (well I certainly did not expect my money to go missing) and they take no responsibility for their ineptitude. The relationship managers are forbidden to give out their manager's email or the email of the CEO, which clearly suggests that they do not want their lofty CEO and managers to be bothered by a pesky customer complaint. Disgraceful HSBC JERSEY.

After having to call in and being told something completely different every single time I called, mind you I also sat on hold for a minimum of 25 minutes each time I had to call, my issue still was not resolved and I was told that the only way to resolve it was to go to an actual branch. Well... the closest branch is over 4 hours away! I emailed in EVERYTHING that they asked for, even had them hold on the line while I emailed it to verify I had sent it. Poor, poor, customer service. Closed my account and lesson learned, I will take other people's reviews much more seriously when purchasing anything.

Has anyone else received a letter in the mail stating that their minimum payment would triple? Going from $230 per month to $700 per month without benefit of income verification, full disclosure of terms in accordance with the Truth in Lending Act (RegZ), not received a modification agreement, or missing large sums of payments? I paid 39 payments of $700 per month for a total of $27,000. My Home Equity Line balance Jan 2010 was $98,000. Now another forced modification 7 years later and my balance is $96,000 after having paid $27,000.

I would give 0 star if I could. I wish I had believed all those 1 star reviews I read and didn't open an account with HSBC. If you value your precious time, please do not bank with HSBC in the US! Opening a checking online is not a good idea! You will not be serviced at the branch. Every banking activity will happen online or via the phone if you open the account online.

If you want to pay to feel like garbage, feel free to join the banking of HSBC. My parents always used them growing up but I hated them. They were well off maybe that is why their review will be different than mine. I co-own a company in Canada and we have an account with HSBC Canada. It is the end of the year a customer in China needs to refund us our money since deal did not go through. We gave them to wiring information, (provided by HSBC) which only included corresponding bank swift code, it is Citibank citius33. They told me, “We don't need Canadian swift code or the address at all.” And that swift code can solve it. Of course, IT didn't it got refunded. Then I called in, the first person was decent, the second guy was the absolutely the most horrendous customer service call I received.

I opened a savings account with HSBC over three weeks ago and requested to have my husband's name added to the account. As of today, his name has not been added despite repeated requests and follow-ups. I have never dealt with such incompetence; every time I used live chat, I got a different answered. When I calls them, I was promised repeatedly that his name will be added in 2-3 business days. HSBC is the worst experience I have ever had with any banks. Absolutely the WORST!!!

I opened a credit card account with HSBC last October which was surprising because I was never notified about the status of my application or when I was approved (first red flag with this bank) back then. When I read the terms and conditions, it said that the cash advance pin would be delivered 5-10 business days after the credit card has been received.

I signed up for a account for HSBC bank for a basic checking account for my payroll. First off it took a entire three weeks to open the account because every time I submitted my info one of the workers would misplace it or my application was handed off to someone who wasn't the original person assisting with opening my account. Finally the account was opened and my payroll posted to the account. The first issue was I reached out to the bank to see how withdraws would work since I have no ATMs in my area. I was told how to go about using a different ATM and also that I had no max I could withdraw in a day. I went to the ATM to withdraw funds to pay my rent and received a response that I had a daily limit of $500. I contacted the bank and was told the previous rep was incorrect and to try to withdraw $500 instead, I questioned if it would matter withdrawing $500 and it being atm fees that would bring me over $500 and was told it was no issue.

My debit card was retained by a HSBC ATM when I tried to withdraw cash. I more than 20 minutes to see if it would return my card but it did not. This happened on a Saturday and as I was traveling I was only able to report the matter on the Monday. By that time 6 charges appeared on my card which did not belong to me that amounted to more than 13,000 pesos. The bank later only settled me with 5,000 pesos saying such was their policies for cases like mine. This seems very unfair to me since it was their machine that retained my card. I have tried on many occasions to present my case but they are indifferent to my complaints. Very poor customer service.

I was told I needed to keep my HSBC Advance account in order to maintain my RRSP's at this bank. I just never bothered to question this and so left $100 in this account. When I received notice that I would get charged a $25 fee/month, I decided to call up HSBC to close the account. I said, "Do I really need to keep this account open in order to maintain my RRSP's?" He did not know but said, "I don't think so..."

HSBC were my startup bank, 4 years ago, as business grew, HSBC worked well. Then a line was crossed. HSBC informed me that our accounts would be limited in weeks time: no money in (get paid) no money out (pay bills), ie, business-ending stuff. Some weakly worded questions were asked by email, responses were given, but not acknowledged. Chasing for status was crazy hard, phone the bank would could 'leave a message' for the Safeguard team. Utter joke. At this point, I was thinking it would all just go away, but as the time to lockdown approached, I had a stark realization: My business bank, HSBC, was the biggest threat to my company.

I made a wire transfer on Aug 29, 2017 to my personal account in Malaysia with amount 31,252.83 USD, still the amount has not been wired into my personal account as of now Sep. 29, 2017, even I made several complaints against this case. I have conversation with more than 10 HSBC customer officers and all of them promised someone from higher management will give me a call, unfortunately, none of them have been committed their promises. I'm totally dissatisfaction with HSBC, of course, I will terminate my account upon recover my amount from HSBC.

HSBC Canada internal staff in India illegally completed a transaction in my account, during the period of June 30 to July 18, 2017. I have gotten several different stories, as I have been stressed by the lack of customer service and correcting their own error, HSBC has been waiting for a reply from their department, why they hold my money hostage. I started to inquire about anyone else who may be experiencing the same and found a group of Canadians who are taking action against HSBC. My money and I want it all back!!!

I banked with HSBC for many years, with a current account and previously a mortgage. In recent years their service became just terrible and with no response whatsoever to complaints. I had various problems: most notably they kept bouncing back inward TT's I made to my account from overseas, from various sources. With no explanation and no follow up. My account went to almost zero as I could not pay money in from overseas! Previously when I had tried to T.T, an amount from my Singapore account to an overseas account, the money was never received by my bank in England.

I did the transaction on July 20, 2017 to Webjet for $3466.68, I cancelled on the same day and the amount was on my balance. I reported to the bank about the cancellation on 07/20/2017. Few days later I reported to the bank about the new charge on my credit card for $1155.56 at the same time the bank charge $3166.68, that moment I contacted on 07/ 28/2017 and HSBC they block my card not I was outside of the US and Webjet, they answered that both transaction will cancelled in 3 business days. The cancellation for $3,466.68 was disappeared from my account I was not able to use as evidence.

In June my life insurance policy matured after 10 years. I decided to surrender my policy to get the cash value. I sent off my form early, expecting to get my money in 2 to 3 weeks. Nine weeks later I still have not received anything. In late July the bank after long delays claimed to have sent my money. A week later HSBC USA, the bank through which my money was passing, contacted me through HSBC saying they had not received my wife's details (it was being sent to a joint account) even though I had provided this earlier.

@HSBC_US worst service ever. I applied through HSBC for Mortgage and it took them over two months to provide me a rejection letter. I had to call them several times to get an update on my account. They kept spamming my email and asking me every two weeks that If I'm still interested in working with them. I emailed my representative Maria ** two times and she did not reply back to my email. I have applied for the mortgage through RBC and I got the pre-approval letter for a mortgage of $650,000 within a week with a rate of 3.87. I will never do any business with HSBC and also please check the reviews of HSBC on another website which shows how bad they treat customers.

I called and got payoff amount for example to make this easy to understand - it was $2000.00. I paid online the amount, yet a month later they auto debited my bank account for some invisible $19.00, only it took what was the original full amount of our payment of $150.00 and we now have to wait up to two weeks for our refund of the $150.00 MINUS the $19.00 fee that by the way cannot be found ANYWHERE online and I have screenshots to prove a ZERO balance as of 5 days ago still which is 17 days AFTER the payoff, yet they took the money last night. This caused us to overdraw our account and now we have negative money for 2 weeks until payday again and all they can do is tell us it takes 14 business days to process our return of a PARTIAL credit. This has got to be illegal! Regardless, bad reviews are coming on every site I can find, email every city and state official and via word of mouth to shut down these loan offices in Virginia.

On dated 15 May 2017, I wrote an email to HSBC and sadly till now no one responding it. Maybe the officer are look down on us as customer. Here are the email I wrote and address the email to Ms Salmah **: Dear Ms Salmah **, During last conversation with you, you did informed me that my card cannot be used and also had been cancelled although I had paid all the outstanding bills. She strongly says that if I wanted to use again I need to re-apply and application may not be approved by the committee. Though I did mentioned to her that I need to use the card badly as I stationed in oversea and she still say NO.