HSBC Reviews

6 months after opening a new account and meeting all criteria for a bonus offer of $750, they said I didn't use the correct promotional landing page originally. #deceptivepractice, #falseadvertising I even confirmed that I met the criteria throughout the waiting period, and did direct deposits and kept minimum balance, etc. No way I can prove the landing page I used 6 months prior.

Their website was not working for me for most of today and so I called them on the phone. The quality of the voice was so bad that I could barely understand them. These are very simple things and if you can't make those work reliably then I'm afraid you need new people in charge.

I have opened a Premier account with the HSBC France. After going through whole bunch of document verification's I have received a letter of confirmation from the account opening department regarding my online banking secret code and user name which will be mailed in 15 days and my bank manager will be contacting with me as a new premier customer to discuss the banking information etc. BOY A BOY! No online banking login information and no call from the bank manager!

I waited for 3 hours in the bank to cancel my account. When it finally was my turn they refused to cancel my account despite me having all the documents needed to cancel. When I asked them to show me where in the contract it says I'm not allowed to cancel my account and what documents were missing I was told it was my problem to figure it out. Horrible service and horrible attitude overall. Avoid doing business with them!

I paid off my debt on September 2019 and close account as request. They told me it is close, but month later they set the bill with the charge. I call back and they said it's the interest charge. I paid it and they still send the bill on the month after. I came to HSBC bank branch. After while they said it's close and ok. Month later they keep sending bill to me. That's a scam bank and people work in there not nice either. Get away with this. Also I figure out this bank come from Hongkong. Id that the way as Chinese try to cheat us? I will file complaint to US government to see what happen.

Every time I call customer service I get someone in India. I can't understand them as they talk too fast and English is not their first language. Looking online to make a complaint, there are telephone numbers listed (someone else said they are not operational) but no place to email. Eventually I found a link called 'Customer Feedback'. Clicking on that I was then routed to a page on Questions and Answers. I am just going to stop using the card. Save yourself the hassle and don't respond to their many snail mail solicitations for a 'Preapproved" credit card.

I opened a CD for 10,000 dollars on Jan. 9 2019. Closed the account 1 year later. They were suppose to Fed Ex my check and receive it in 8 to 10 days. After 12 days I called HSBC bank. They informed me that I would receive the check on Jan. 28. It never arrive. I again called HSBC bank. It was never sent. Now I received a tracking number. I called fed it to verify and it has not been picked up yet. If fed ex picks it up today, I will receive it on Jan. 30. Should I hold my breath???

Did not notice an opportunity to establish a "payable on death" account when opening the "HSBC Direct Savings account." Called HSBC and was told it is not available with that account. They suggested going to a local branch to see if they'll let me open another HSBC account. The reps thought was they might then let me extend the payable on death to the online account. That sounds dubious. HSBC also takes 3 business days to transfer money to another bank. One of my banks takes one business day.

HSBC offers extravagant incentives to open an account and then just jerks you around and doesn't pay. TOTAL waste of many hours of my life and the customer service is AWFUL. They will take your money and not live up to their end of the offer. STAY AWAY and don't waste your time!

HSBC has the absolute worst Customer Service in the WORLD! I only opened an account here because they were offering $400 to open a new account with Direct Deposit and man am I sorry. I literally get declined every time I try to use more than 1000.00 and have to call them every time! And Customer Service takes forever to do anything. I am closing my account TODAY, I've had it. And BTW, their App and online banking is terrible as well. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

HSBC's phone application(s) and the online website are just confusing and is by far the most difficult and worst online banking I have come across. I bank with more than five institutions and this one has by far been the worst experience. I would consider myself to be someone with technical experience. Phone support was very nice but besides the successful reset of my login due to a "Generate Code" not working, EZ pay (auto pay) wasn't able to be completed, my payment date modification was not able to be met. Their online banking needs to be reevaluated immediately. I would have rather paid the extra .50% APR with a different institution knowing the inconvenience of their software.

HSBC bank has been the worst service I have ever heard of as far as international transfers go. Using our money the transfer is still not complete. I sent the money electronically on the 16th October and today is the 8th November and still has not arrived. It would have been cheaper to fly to the bank, get a check and fly back and wait 6 days for it to clear. You should never use this bank for your own safety and well being. Good riddance to this bank.

I must be an idiot for not reading this reviews and choosing HSBC's online savings solely based on their reputation as one of the premier global institution. What a fool I am. Truly, I blame myself for being an idiot way more than I blame HSBC, because the reviews were all out here. I decided to go with them over smaller regional banks that offered a more competitive return.

I am a software engineer that work for banks and built different online banking systems. HSBC online banking/app engineers/product managers/designers should be ashamed of themselves. It is the worst! Login is a headache. To setup your account you need to go to a legacy system that has a different User interface, if you see it for the first time you would think that this is a scam the website is hacked! You can do none of this with the mobile app! Similar goes to setting up automated payments. I called them, and they told me they will send me a form! A paper form to setup automatic payments! The representative herself did not suggest helping me to set it up online! They started charging me for late fees!! I never missed a payment with 8 different banks!

I wish I had done more research prior to opening a premier account with HSBC. I like many others on here was lured into opening my account due to the $750 bonus promise. I went through the arduous process of opening my account figuring that it was just good policy to fraud screen. I was approved and had my initial deposit of $100 transferred from my Capital One 360 account. Then comes the nightmare.

This will be long, but please read so you avoid the psychiatric hospital bills this ** b.s. bank has made me incur. My head is still spinning over the twilight zone that HSBC will put you into. I received a letter from HSBC with a pre-approval. Not pre-qualified. Pre-approved. I'm between jobs and my daughter has very expensive medical bills, not all of which are covered by insurance. She has cancer, and that $5,000 could come in handy, so I completed the identifying info requested and VOILA! I was told I would receive an email when the card was on the way.

I just recently opened a savings online only account with BANK HSBC. This was based on top recommendations for best accounts on a website. To begin the first week I opened the account. They blocked access to it because I logged in from another location. I mentioned I use a VPN for all my online banking. They asked if I was calling from a US phone number and I was like what kind of question is that if you can see my phone number. They released the block on that.

I applied for the online savings account because of their high rates. My initial application was immediately declined because my credit was frozen. I thawed my credit report and applied again. On the application I gave my traditional copper wire LANDLINE phone number as my home phone number. During the application, I authorized an initial deposit of $1.00. I was contacted several times for additional information. Each time I called them they wanted to send me a text message with a security code. As an alternative, they could leave the code on my voice mail. They could not send this to a phone number that was not on the application. They allowed alternative means of identification by having me answer questions about my application or my credit report during these calls.

If there's negative star I'll give negative star. First of all, I just opened a premier checking account to receive my paycheck. Since then, every interaction with HSBC is difficult. Then comes the day I tried to linked HSBC as an external account to my other checking account. The verification process triggered a security warning on HSBC's side. I was contacted by phone by HSBC to run a virus scan. They required me to send over a screenshot to unfreeze the account.

HSBC makes every user interaction as difficult and cumbersome as possible. Buying a home was a simpler process than setting up my US and UK accounts with this bank and ultimately required me to physically go to another state to sign a document. This initial experience was representative of every other interaction I had with the bank until I closed it today (also a nightmare). Logging into your account online requires: user name, password, child's middle name, opening their mobile app, 2 mobile clicks, and entering another generated code into the online experience. WHY DOES EVERY INTERACTION WITH YOUR BANK HAVE TO BE THE WORST! When you talk to the support team online, prepare to answer 6 levels of security EACH TIME THEY TRANSFER YOU (and they transfer you a lot). Bottom line, this bank disappointed me at every opportunity. I have worked with 6 other banks, and this is easily the worst one I have ever dealt with. AVOID!

My Real Estate Clients applied for a mortgage at this bank. HSBC Christal **, Elizabeth ** had 31 days to do an Easy loan with big downpayment - and only! 1 day before the closing date they said that loan is not ready. Before that they ignored all emails from RE companies and clients. Christal wrote she was on vacation for 2 weeks, and they have no idea when they would close the loan. It was such a big and costly mistake to do home mortgage with HSBC.

I applied for their online savings since they have the highest APY. Filled in the application, went through the credit check and the sourcing bank checks, etc... Then after 4 days I got a call from their fraud protection to provide them my driver's license. Then still after 2 days no response. I have opened similar accounts with online US based banks and everything has completed within one day. These turkeys act like you are at their mercy and they wanna take a month to approve your application... Then I read all these horror stories online and decided to withdraw my application.

I was looking online for a bank that has no fees and pays a good interest rate. I came across HSBC and it looked great. I opened an account online and transferred some savings from my Capital One 360 account. All fine and good. Then I got my weekly check in the mail and decided to deposit it in my HSBC account. No problems there. But then the next day, I went to log on to my account to see if the check had been deposited, but I couldn't log in. It said my credentials were suspended so I called the 800 number to find out what happened. Long story short, after a 20 minute phone call, their company policy is to suspend your account for 5 days when you deposit a check in order for the check to clear and they couldn't give me a reason why.. just that it's their company policy... That makes no sense! This bank is the worst!

I recently opened a new credit card with HSBC. This is my first experience with HSBC. I used checks they provided to transfer balances from other credit cards. Even though I used checks that they sent to my home address to transfer funds from one of my accounts to another one of my accounts, this still apparently triggered a fraud alert. Their fraud prevention department called and left me a message with instructions for a number to call and nine digit number to reference. I returned the call. They put me on hold for 15 minutes and then hung up on me before anyone answered the call. They then apparently put my account on hold so I could not use my card.

They offer a bonus for keeping money in account for 90 days and then when you try to collect they say you have to wait another eight weeks. Fraud and terrible dishonest customer service. Save your money and go to a good bank like CIT, Synchrony, etc.

I am manoj **, I opened business bank account with HSBC for my new business content proficiency in November,2018. As i do charge online through the website and the most use of the HSBC account was to transfer money from PayPal and Stripe to the bank account through which customer pays us online through website. Only Few native clients were provided account of HSBC to put the money for the business content writing services, It would be not more than the 3% of the total business. It means that only 3%-5% customers paid directly to the HSBC account and rest I was transferring money from PayPal and Stripe to HSBC. 90% of our customers pay via PayPal and 5% to 8% on stripe.

They say if you open a new account, you'll receive a bonus. I've been waiting past the maximum time and even after several calls to customer service, they tell me someone will reach back out and I never hear from them again after 2 weeks.

DO NOT OPEN ACCOUNT HERE: On July 4th I received a text message that a fraudulent charge tried to post to my account from H&M 0291 for $195.55. I responded to the text message that the charge was not me. A few minutes later I was contacted by a representative that asked the same question. I told him as well that the charge was not me. The rep asked what was the last charge I made. I told him a $20 purchase to Sec a company that I pay on a regular basis. He took my information and stated that I would get a new card and fraud form to complete for the $195.55. I received the form and the charge for $20 was listed as fraud instead with no mention of the $195.55 (I assume because the charge was declined) so I actually should not have gotten a form in my opinion since the charge never went through.

I would give them 0 stars, but unfortunately that’s not an option. This bank has no place in Canada and for good reason. I was in the midst of switching all my accounts over but quickly came to the realization that this was a bad idea. Their customer service is horrendous! Don’t try making an appointment at your branch or any branch for that matter because there’s no way to call the branch. Let that sink in for a moment...basically the only way to make appointments with them is to physically walk into a branch and hope they won’t be busy. Luckily both times I walked in to a branch they were practically empty which in itself speaks volumes in terms of their retail banking market share.

Purchased 2 motorcycles with son about 15 years ago. HSBC Nevada financed. Son missed SOME payments and I completely paid off 13 years ago. Never received title nor lien release letters. I sent required documents 2 years ago and still never received requested releases. Spent an hour trying to get someone to assist. Multiple calls yielded one person who gave me 2 numbers which ring unanswered. WILL NEVER BUY ANY PRODUCT THAT USES HSBC FINANCING AGAIN.

Just opened an account in California at one of LA Branch and in four months I got nothing but trouble. At every few thousands dollars wire and transaction they freeze my account to verify the transaction for any potential fraud. I have an active site online and I always buys items from China. I learnt lately that this bank was under world wide investigation for money laundering. Best treatment for this bank is to to sue them for large amount for damaging my business.

I applied twice for a credit card with 0% interest for 18 months.. Both times, I got an email back saying the application process wasn't complete and that I needed to call them. In both cases, they said there was a mistake in my application. I disregarded the first email and was told later that my application was withdrawn because I didn't respond. I reapplied a few months later because the 0% for 18 months was good, The second time I received a call while I was driving asking for personal information. I asked them to email me because I was driving. They sent me an email and I called them. I took the lady about 10 tries to be able to verify the code they sent me.

HSBC France (the intermediary) slower than a tortoise. It’s been 20 days. They are not able to clear the telegraphic transaction. Neither they are able to return the money. I made the TT from Hong Kong to Indonesia on 2nd July, the intermediary (HSBC France) came with questions on 10th. They took so long to send cable to HK? How intelligent. All their question were replied with evidences, evidences verifiable online, and also in search engines. Despite this, they are not able to release the funds, and neither return the funds back.. Not amused with this service.

I needed to refinance my condo unit. I approached HSBC mortgage department by phone. They advised me to send them certain documents related to income, income tax returns, notice of assessment from Tax department (CRA), job letter, T4, T5 and old age and pension related documents. I sent all the documents. After a week we were (myself and my wife) called given an appointment after another week for phone conversation.The Customer Service Representative (CSR) was very unprofessional. The questions he was asking me indicated that he had not read any thing from my documents. To answer his questions I would tell him to look for that in the document I provided. Every time his answer was that he did not have time to read my documents. I spent about 90 minutes with him. I reminded him several times that he should have studied my documents before calling me.

I opened a premier checking account lured by their generous opening bonus offer. Only a few days later, I deposited two checks, one from my neighbor and the other from my flexible spending account. They freezed my whole account out of a sudden and I had to call the customer service. They were not helpful either. Instead of unfreezing my account, they kept saying that they have to review the deposit and it may take up to 5 business days. For the meantime, I would need to just wait.

I recently switched banks because HSBC has one of the lowest yields among other banks. In order to do that, I had to roll out all my funds before I closed down my accounts. In the process, I'm more assured everyday that I made the right choice leaving this bank. At first, it was an ordeal to roll over the funds from my IRA account to my 401(K) plan under my current employer. I called and was told that their computers didn't allow them to enter certain format in the address field on my application. So I had to go to the branch near me and the "Senior Director" of customer relations had no idea what she was doing. She had to call her colleague in front of me to ask her what to do, which is, simply taking my filled out application in written form and processing it....

I opened HSBC Advance Checking account in November 2018 through HSBC promotion published on their website (they are still running it as of today) - $350 welcome bonus when you deposit $10,000 within a month and keep it for 90 days. I've posted $10,000 per the promo rules, followed up many times with HSBC customer service on the promotion conditions. They advised me welcome bonus would be posted in May 2019. But in May, new story emerged - no bonus! They claimed I did not open the account through their promotional web page, which is absolutely not true! I've spent hours on the phone with Customer service, several times different managers promised me to resolve the situation and offered to call me back in 2-3 days - no calls, everyone of them disappeared! HSBC is unprofessional, full of lies, scummy practices. Stay away, don't buy their lies.

Decided to take their seemingly generous offer of cash ($850) to open an account, so I did. Was told that my money would also earn over 2% interest while sitting there. Opening the account was overly cumbersome but I muddled through it. I deal with many banks and have a lot of experience with banks, the HSBC process was not normal. After finally jumping through the many hoops I find that the account basically earns no interest.

It's been over 8 years I'm an HSBC customer in 4 countries around the world, their service is always been pretty much good, but lately I was dealing with my International Relationship Manager from HSBC France and it's been a terrible experience. First of all, completely unexpected he has sent me an email notifying that my account in France has been blocked because showing inactive status (I live abroad since 8 years) and I had to provide a lot of documents (also tax declaration) to reactivate it. Starting from the principle that I receive yearly notification from HSBC with such a request and I always fulfill it, this time I found this way very brutal and no respectful. Is it necessary to block my account?

I have been a fan of HSBC’s excellent customer service and appreciate the ease of doing business with you all. However, I recently found out that HSBC reported a late payment on my credit reports. This late payment (August 2018) was the result of the technical glitch of the EZ Pay System. I hope you can help me remove this late payment mark on my credit reports. Here’s what happened: When I volunteered in Egypt last summer (May-Sept 2018), I applied for a HSBC credit card because of its presence in Egypt and beyond. Before I volunteered in Egypt, I called HSBC to place a travel alert and inquire about steps I need to take to set up automatic payments. I was worried because I might not have access to internet.

This is by far the worst bank I have ever used. They are running a scam. They do not honor their signup bonus. Repeatedly find different tricks to put more money in your account but makes it incredibly difficult for you to access. None of their customer service reps are qualified. They tell you something different each and every time you try and get on the phone with them. It takes a while to even get a human on the phone. They often put you on hold then just hang up. The reps will reassure you your complaints are being noted and filed. However, when you contact them back because an issue was never resolved they never seem to have any issues on the subject. Ive tried filing 2 formal complaints only to find out after spending hours on the phone they never processed it or have any records.... They treat their customer like with minimal respect. They basically refuse to provide any support. You may find more success in talking to a wall.

Very poor customer service on their credit card dispute department. I've had a dispute going for 4 months and they still have not credited me back even though I supplied tracking numbers for the product being returned. When I called them I had to hold over 30 minutes and then had to hang up. Called again and as of now I have been on hold for 63 minutes. To top if off I get the same message every 10 seconds saying "we are sorry, all our reps are busy assisting other clients. Please hold the line as we value your call." Did you ever think you should hire more people to answer the phones? Is my time so unvaluable that I have to sit on hold for an hour? The dispute amount is not even worth my time, I will never use my HSBC credit card again!

I opened an account because the in store Rep told me there were no international ATM fees. It turns out there are. Their mobile app is amateurish at best. I received a call from HSBC indicating I had opened a Lexus Credit Card, which I did not. I went to the HSBC website to find out who I needed to contact for suspected fraud. The website says to call the number on the back of my card. I did that and followed the appropriate prompts. The Security Rep over the phone immediately told me I needed to hang up and call another number. I asked to speak to a Supervisor and was hung up on. The single worst bank I have ever dealt with. Never again! Buyer beware!

Saw my local branch was offering a $750 cash bonus for opening an account with $75,000 balance. So saw relationship manager that told me I needed to go online to get an account number and once received he would open an account for me. I received approval and account number. Went into branch and was told I needed to open both a checking and savings account and didn't need to fund the checking account and could put the $75,000 into savings. 4 weeks later the bank closed my checking account because it had no transactions. I didn't get my bonus because to qualify you need both a savings and checking account.

When I received HSBC promotion via mail, I deposited $10000 at HSBC branch office on September 24, 2018. After six months, which was March 24, 2019, I went to the branch office and wanted to get out my deposit money together with the promised $400 bonus. However, I was told there was NO BONUS for me in their system. I went to the office on April 11, April 15, Joyce told me that I should get the $400 promotion and it was processed by Jasmine, the person who processed my deposit on September 24, 2018, but someone "back in the office" didn't process it. She promised that they should get back to me within two weeks. She promised to let Jasmine get back to me on April 16 when J was in.

I opened a savings and checking account with HSBC because of the bonus that they paid. I went into the branch in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. and spoke to Mayra ** at that branch. We talked about opening several accounts. She was very pleasant, and we figured we had a winner with the brand and the manager. We were wrong. I have had my account now for over a month and still don't have access to my funds. I can't get into my account. Every time I call her she is too busy to answer the phone. I leave a message but she does not call you back. If I get in touch with her and she says she will send you some info she does not.

I initiated a balance transfer on-line from HSBC to Capital One on Feb. 24th, 2019 for $3,500.00. Two weeks passed and the monies were not in my checking account. I called HSBC to cancel the transaction. Although I called, a check was sent to Capital One. According to Capital One they never received such check. I am being billed for $3,500.00 which I never received. I have made numerous phone calls to HSBC, in addition to providing evidence from Capital One that indicates that the monies were not deposited into my account, but the issue has not been resolved. I went in person to the HSBC Bank and the teller suggested that they put a stop payment on the check or try to track down the of the check. I am being billed for a balance transfer that never went through and being held responsible for locating the check.

I tried to open both a savings account and checking account to qualify for a $750 bonus on April 12, 2019. They opened the savings account and took the money from my funding bank in just a few days. Getting the checking account was another matter. It is now 4 weeks later, they have had my money for a month, and I have not qualified for the bonus. I have received yet another request for more information. This is about the 5th one. They have gone through the 'online account opening dept', the 'fraud department' and any other department to not open my account. I believe this is just a scam offer of $750 to get your money and never pay the bonus.

I made it a wire transfer for over $200,000 as part of my divorce settlement from the Vienna VA branch of HSBC to United Bank in Fairfax VA. After confirming all the wire details the wire was made and then I called my ex to see if she had received the funds on her and she said she had not. Talk to the branch manager and he said that sometimes it takes up to three hours which I found strange. Because I was a Premier Bank in member and my balance was now Only had a few hundred dollars left in the bank it manager told me I would need might want to close my account because I would incur a $50 monthly fee, so I closed my account. I called back the bank later that afternoon and the wire still had not been made so I called HSBC headquarters.

I opened a checking account online at HSBC USA. To finalize the account opening 2 trial deposits were to be completed. Due to some technical error these failed. In 3 emails I was prompted to submit a check to HSBC USA. And in an online chat it was confirmed that I may send a check for deposit. So I purchased a cashier's check and was just about to send it off, when I received another email from HSBC informing me that further information is needed to open the account. I was told that the emails prompting to send a check were send in error and the employee should not have given me the information. What an incompetent, deceitful lot!

I opened the account to transfer a balance from another card. You can't sign up for an online profile until you receive THREE SEPARATE VERIFICATION CODES, all which come in different forms (e-mail/text/mail) ALONG WITH receiving your card. I only received 1 of these 4 things in a 2-week timespan. I called every other day asking where my card was, told it'd take 5-6 days, then again 7-10 days (every person had a different answer). I finally got them to make me an online account so I can start the balance transfer.

I'll spare you the whole story but I have been trying to update my account details on a Serious Saver account with HSBC and the process has taken about 3 weeks now with hours of time on the phone. I was handed around from person to person. They promised callbacks that never eventuated. I have probably spoken to 7 or more different representatives from their phone customer service now to try and sort my issue. They tell me "another department" has to sort the issue but this "other department" can't be contacted via phone, only email. That is a travesty in my opinion (and sub-par) and has caused me to waste my own time trying to sort this whole issue out. Staff are great, don't get me wrong but there's a underlying sickness in the organisation that needs to be fixed in their process and communication channels otherwise they will continue to have disempowered customer service staff.

On a recent trip to Mexico City, I used my credit card at an ATM inside an HSBC bank to acquire pesos. The ATM issued one 500 peso bank note and two 200 peso bank notes that were counterfeit. The bank refused to provide good notes and refused to return the counterfeit bank notes. The question is whether those counterfeit bank notes were put back into the same ATM to scam another customer?

I applied on 4/5/2019, took their initial offer due to 0% for 18mos, then I after I applied I opted out of promotional offers that did soft credit pulls on me. So then I get a email stating they mailed out my card so when I didn’t receive it just yet I called them on a Saturday early morning being told that I then needed to contact their security department after being on hold for over an hour. The representative was of NO HELP! She then transferred me to the security department which was then closed only open m-f 8am to like 11 ET. So then come today (Monday) was on the phone ☎️ with them for a very long hold time.

I used a special HSBC online link that was required to get a $350 bonus on a $10,000 checking deposit, which would be credited about 5 months after making the deposit. Everything went as-expected to do the online setup, up thru the point I had entered the funding bank account info, then it went awry. The next screen asked a yes or no question, but missing from the page was the Continue button. I clicked the Chat button, but the person was unable to help advance my application. In the meantime, the application timed-out.

This is for your own sanity: Do not open a bank account at HSBC Mexico. I opened it at Cabo San Lucas; however the most unfriendly people are working at San Jose del Cabo Mexico. Completely rude, lazy and difficult. Not only does HSBC make it complicated to open a bank account and get FULL ACCESS to online banking BUT they add more complexity like a "token" and "secure key" for 'more security.' Don't get me wrong. I'm for security but this is nonsense. YES, I am aware that they were sued for their unethical criminal participation in 'money laundering' but again these employees they've hired are incompetent and do not want to work and help out.

I have had bad experience after bad experience with HSBC. Long wait times, unhelpful staff, and minimal information from the company. Most recently, I spent 50 minutes jumping through hoops on a phone call in order to upgrade my advanced account to a premier account. After going through all manner of documentation and verification they then very hastily said: "Well, there is an internal check that says we will not be able to upgrade you today..." and then proceeded to ask if they could describe all of their other account types available. No explanation, no information about what I would need to be able to do in order to open account. Just a blunt statement - "Sorry, it is an internal check and we are not allowed to go into detail..." What a sham. This is not the first time I have spent an hour with this company to be turned away entirely without being served and with no information. Thanks HSBC.

HSBC is a sneaky and unconscionable, Would have given zero points if I could because this is a shady bank that will NOT reflect a recent payment of $2084.57 made to the credit card total balance even though the payment has been cleared on the external checking account used! According to their useless rep it will take 10 days just for the payment to reflect on my credit card balance! This is not common with other American banks, I will never deal with them again and NEITHER should you!

Every transaction or operation with this bank requires you to jump through unnecessary hoops and experience frustrating delays. My account was in hibernation due to inactivity, so I go to the branch to unlock it. Even though I was there in person at my branch, they could not unlock my account, and needed to submit a request for head office to do it... Which would take two to three weeks!

I signed up for this the HSBC cash rewards credit card originally because I was traveling abroad and it didn't have foreign transaction fees. I also understood that it had 0% interest for 12 months but later found out that this was ONLY on balance transfers. I had racked up $200 worth in points but without notice they closed my account without my permission because my automatic payment was not made due to a typo! I was able to book an airline ticket with those points only to find out they had shut down my account. I had tried calling them but they didn't call me back in time before ending things. They were unable to reopen my account and it really took a blow to my credit score. Their customer service was an absolute joke! I will never ever use HSBC again! Horrific and most stressful experience imaginable! I am a good customer with an excellent credit score. Sorry to see that they lost a good customer for life. They need to get their ** together!

I have been trying for 6 years to close an account opened in France prior to moving to the US. I never have the proper document, they are charging us fees for credit card we never received for this account that we absolutely never used. Those people are con artists, do not use them. We had enough and we're about to sue.

I've been a victim of a huge fraud syndicate who uses HSBC as their bank. This means that HSBC harbor criminals/fraudsters as surely before a person opens up a bank account, the bank HSBC, must do a background check on so called person! I've paid $3200 into HSBC Walnut branch account in February from South Africa whereas only after funds left, I realized I got scammed. Since then, my bank and I tried numerous times to contact HSBC as to reverse my funds. Today is 15 March 19, and we are yet to receive any feedback from HSBC US. This means that HSBC as well as these criminals are working together to steal peoples funds. There's no e-mail contact anywhere. How do they expect a person from SA to contact them? I send e mail to the UK, and all they could say was that they don't work with fraud and can't help. HSBC YOU ARE USELESS AND YOU HELP STOLE MY FUNDS AS YOU HARBOR CRIMINALS.

DO NOT BUY INTO THIS BANK!!!! IT IS A SCAM!!!! I received a mailer with the bonus $375 offer. In order to get the offer, please read the fine print and do everything!!! 1. Take the mailer in person to the branch. Open the Checking Advance account with $10,000. You will go through a very long "verification" process. 2. Keep the funds in the checking account for 90 days or, if you really want to maximize this, open the online savings at home for the online rate of 2.22%. 3. In a total of 5 months, you will receive the bank bonus of $375.

In Sept. of 2018, I took an advantage of an offer from HSBC in which I would be entitled to a $350 bonus offer if I deposited and maintained a balance of $10,000 for 90 days. I followed the rules immediately and completely. As of today 3/12/18, I closed my account with a balance of $10,000 and 45 CENTS. I spoke to reps on the phones numerous times in the last week battling to get my bonus offer. Their reasoning was that I did not open the account properly online, so they disapproved the offer. My money basically sat in their bank for 6 months to collect 45 CENTS in interest. WOW!! I was robbed of the $350 bonus offer!!! WARNING!!! DO NOT DO BUSINESS with HSBC BANK!!! They will not follow through with their offers!

I already have a checking account with them so I thought it would be easy to open a direct savings account also. Wasted so much time. Every helper said different things. After trying 10 times someone at the bank suggested I use a driving license from 5 years ago in NY. At that point I gave up. I am a USA citizen and live in AZ and have my own business and make 500K a year. This is not a bank.

I am an expat. I live in Australia and have HSBC accounts in both countries. HSBC UK have frozen my accounts (which still have funds in them). After spending hours on the phone to them several evenings in the last week they will still not unfreeze them. Their red tape is wrapped up in red tape. The advisors are not knowledgeable enough to suggest anything that may help resolve the simple issues. The solutions suggested fall upon deaf ears and a lack of interest to help elsewhere. Truly awful customer experience and desire to help people displayed by this institution.

These morons place a fraud alert on my card on a Friday. Immediately I called customer service and the first moron tells me I have to call Monday to Friday as their fraud dept is closed now and also on on Sat/Sun. I tried chat with moron #2 in India - same scripted call. I called them on Monday at 5.10 pm and the third moron tells me to call between 9 am and 5 pm. I called 8.20 am Tuesday morning and waste time with 3 more morons - just to close my account. Finally after 45 minutes they say OK ACCOUNT IS CLOSED. You may think PHEW! PROBLEM SOLVED! WAIT NOT SO FAST. 5 days later they send me a new credit card - which I will not activate. My question is - who is the idiot running this bank? How is it possible so many idiots in one place?

Are you kidding me??? They have my private information??? Where DID they get it??? Not from me??? Phoning me day and night with salespeople speaking Chinese?? I am in Canada in my private home and I have intruders calling me that are calling themselves "a bank"??? This is not a reputable bank. They have stolen my information from me through scammers. Invaded my privacy!!! If I want your credit card I can apply and after this giant violation of trust...not a chance!!! Not now... Not later... Not ever!!!

In short; My card was no longer working after having it only about a month and a half. I contacted HSBC via their Live Chat. I was told at least twice that the card and account were fine and the account was in good standing. I figured the issue must be that I hadn't setup the online access yet so I informed the agent on Live Chat that I would do that right away and I did. To my surprise no account info showed up after I went through the long and repetitive setup process. Nothing about my credit card was there. Literally two days later my statement shows up in the mail and states that my card was closed and past due by over thirty days. I was shocked.

It sums it up to the bank is a scam. Steals your money if you don’t pay attention to your account. I deposit my check into my account on Friday 15th 2019. Back on December someone used my card to get a hotel. I contacted the bank to notify them about the change on my account. They close the card and send me another one in like 5-6 days. They gave me a credit for the 155.68. Now on February 15th they took back from my account. To top it off I never got my check money I deposited in my account. I’m so frustrated with this bank.

A female named Pinky from Bangalore it seems. I can't believe such stupid dumb females are working with HSBC call center UK. There's a confusion about my card number and suddenly she is saying about herself like am Pinky and from Bangalore. Why the ** should I know about her birthplace? She should be solving my problem. I hope she comes out of her mental illness soon. Illiterate **.

Only way to contact them is phone or online customer service, or visit branch. Customer service is a joke. Okay to use call center in India but damn, someone should train them first. If their only solution is to visit branch and nearest branch is 10 hours away you have a problem. Tried dealing with them for two days, part of my life I will never get back, along with the $50 paid to my bank to stop their stupidity...

Opened an account online and I was planning to deposit $20,000 in a savings account. I am a current customer with an active credit card. After 3 days of email verification, completing ACH transaction verification, it took them 4 days to send me an email asking me to call them. On the phone they asked me to send copy of my ID and proof of address. I have been at that address for 25 years and the same address is on an existing account with them. I understand protocols to combat ID theft, but this was absurd policy for an existing customer with the exact same info. They gave me a credit card without any verification and now they ask for verification when I am putting money in that bank. Also they don't accept Driver's License as the proof of address. I have opened account online which was completed in minutes. All I can say is "Stupid" management. I apologize for the language but it is the fact.

OMG! I thought I was the only one having so many issues with this bank, they are just no good for any business. I saw a lot of branches in Hongkong and found out that they are everywhere in China, I import from China and Korea to the United States and even though there are no branches near my house or businesses I decided to open one business account in Tyson's corner Virginia, I filled out forms and been told that it takes some days to open it, I said I open a lot of business accounts in the past and it took only 30 to 50 minutes to do it, but I agreed.

I opened a business savings account based on interest rates. I was personally visited by a HSBC representative to complete a multi page application which took 2 days complete. This was odd and should have been a clear indication there will likely be a problem. I was unable to gain access online until I received a pod that I needed to receive an access code. Without having the pod, I was unable to gain access to my account. Deposits could only be made by check or wire; not by funds transfer. I am still awaiting my 1099 which apparently takes several weeks to generate and must be mailed. This bank seems unaware of US law. After 2 months of the agony, I closed the account which must be done at one of their branches and took over 1 hour to complete. I presume similar experience for personal accounts since there was someone at the bank at the same time I was present closing her account. DO NOT use this bank.

I have been locked out of my HSBC Checking account for almost as long as I have it (a little over 3 months). Cannot access it either online or at ATM. And cannot get help anywhere. I called at least 10 times to HSBC customer service. They say that they need to transfer me to HSBC fraud dept and every time after endless wait on the line I just hang up with nothing. I went to the Branch several times and they told me they cannot do anything without me talking to fraud dept. Gave me another number to call. The same result - no answer due to "unusually high call volume"... This is crazy! Who can help me with this nightmare? Btw, I found lots of reviews online with similar issues and complains about HSBC...

I have had an HSBC account for almost 3 months. I was locked out and had money I needed to use and was unable to use that money. Since I couldn't get a hold of anyone at HSBC during my lockout, I called Wells Fargo (where the funds came from) and told them HSBC is a fraud and to cancel that transaction. This was at a time I needed that money immediately with an investment deal.

In October 2018, we received an offer to open an account with a balance of $10,000 and maintain the same amount for 90 days then you'll get a $400 cash bonus. After 90 days, I called and was told that the $400 will take about 8 weeks after the 90 days for me to get it. After reading many posts about the same problems, I'm thinking of taking my money and run instead of wait another 8 weeks.

Bank associate at Chinatown HSBC bank refused to open an account for because I look too fat in my DMV photo so I asked for the branch supervisor who asked me “why did you come here - you should go to the bank where you live”.

Terrible bank. Avoid at all costs. They sent me an email flyer offering a $200 account bonus after depositing and maintaining a $1,500 balance. I met every term and condition, and they have continued to drag their feet without honoring the agreement for six months. I'll have to file a dispute with the CFPB and BBB likely, but the customer service and leadership at HSBC are the worst in all of banking. Do yourself a favor and run the other way.

First, I was declined because they couldn't verify my identity. Then, they did and it took 3,000 thousand screens and 10,000 separate validations. I'm putting in 10K to get the 350 bonus and I am GONE. I thought of using them as my travel bank, but they really truly suck. God only knows if I can get back my 10K, much less the bonus, in 90 days.

I accidentally applied for the HSBC Gold MasterCard instead of the HSBC Cash Rewards MasterCard and it took me forever to get a hold of them to cancel my Gold MasterCard account, and when I finally did, I was told the card would be taken off my account in a few days. It's been over a month and the dormant card is still sitting there. I didn't even get an email confirming they closed my account or anything. I only got the card because of the no foreign transaction fee. Their interface is SUPER un-user-friendly. It took me a good five minutes to figure out how to check my credit card account in the app and a good minute to figure out how to pay my bills online.

Worst customer service. Only they collect your personal information. Never make deal with them. It's nonsense. The bank checks your personal information even more than 2 mounts and try avoid to open your account, especially on-line.

I opened my online HSBC bank account in mid-October. They approved my account and withdrew initial deposit from my another bank account to deposit in my HSBC account. After two days of opening the account, they blocked my account and I cannot withdraw or deposit in and out of the account now. First they told me to go to branch to verify myself, which I did, still blockage not lifted. Then they told me I will receive a check of my initial deposit at my home address but it's almost 3 months now and no check. My account is still open, blockage is still there and I cannot do anything to get my initial deposit back. IT IS JUST A BIG NIGHTMARE. They can not even tell me the reason they will not correct the situation. I have several other bank accounts with other prominent bank, but I have no problem like this. Just do not know what are my options now.

I had the EXACT same situation like "Pam of Denver, CO" who reviewed them on Jan. 4, 2019. I got a new HSBC card recently. Activated it online and by phone, then tried to use it and I couldn't. I called "customer service" 12 times and spent on the phone about 3 hours. Results? NONE!!! I cannot name it customer service, because there is NONE. People who work for HSBC are in India, some of them were really rude.

I tried to buy an iPhone using my credit card and the transaction was decline. I call the customer service and they told me that my credit card was flag due to the high price item and my card is new. She told me I have to talk to security and fraud department. She transfer me to security and fraud department but this department deal only with stolen card. She transfer me to specialist security department which I been put on hold for a long while. I tried to wait one hours a day before I hang up and tried another day. I unable to call at night because they work until 5 pm Eastern time. It's been 3 days now. Hopefully I be lucky next time.

I just got a new HSBC card. Activated it, then tried to use it and I couldn't. I called customer service and was put on hold for 2 hours!!! When I finally got someone I was told that a security hold was put on the card!! I was told the reason was there was fraud on my card??? I tried to go online and was told they couldn't help me! I called customer service again and was put on hold for another hour!!! I told the customer service rep that I wanted to close my account because your company said there was fraud on my card and I haven't even used the card. They told me sorry they can't help me. I would need to contact security and they have gone home. I have NEVER encountered a credit card company like this!!! They are AWFUL!!! I am closing my account and never using one of their cards!! I should have read all the really bad reviews online before applying for this card. No matter how good the offer is DON'T FALL FOR IT!!!

I was attracted with all the bonus, this is one of the worst bank and 0-100 customers service rep. I bought a Money Order and deposit to my account, it was held for fraud, this has been on for weeks now. Don't bank with HSBC. Forget the bonus and run.

I opened an advanced checking account with HSBC because of a $350 promotional offer. No amount of bonus has been worth the aggravation I've had with HSBC. I frequently shop for offers and open and close accounts regularly, without any problems. HSBC has been terrible. Just opening the account and then funding the account was not user friendly and took appx. one week. After my promotion ended I waited the 6-8 weeks for the bonus to post, which it never did.

I make monthly deposits for my sister at the HSBC Del Amo branch and daily deposits with other banks relating to work. This is the ONLY bank I go to that give me such awful service almost everytime. The tellers are lazy, work in a slow-motion manner, not friendly and compared to other tellers at other banks seem like they don't even know what they are doing. You never see the same teller either, which is a good thing I guess. Maybe HSBC should invest in some enthusiastic employees who actually like coming to work and dealing with people.

For 2 months have had "block restriction on account". I live in Philippines; account is in Canada and it has $250,000; no access to funds. Numerous emails futile. Issue called "sensitive" by bank (I hear violins playing). Asked my lawyer to look into it. Logic dictates this is an internal bank problem. I believe HSBC is afraid of further collapse if funds are moved out. Enquiry into reason for restriction always gets a runaround, no answer. HSBC must be in financial crisis. I consider HSBC to be a virtual criminal organization now. They were OK for years. Jewish gods please forgive me, but I feel like a Jew in WW2 ** Germany. Ominous situation. No interest in whether my wife and I may be needing some of the money that HSBC is no doubt using to try and "save themselves"; this probable effort has to only add bad karma to the huge load of bad karma HSBC clearly has.

When I was in last year IESL Conference, there were an HSBC hut, saying annum free platinum credit card for Engineers. I took the services and obtained a Credit card. They said that we can obtain 0% interest free loan from them for the first month after querying the card. Since I wanted to do some private investment, I asked the number of dates taken to proceed the loan facility. They told me that within 4 working days it will be arranged. And a check will be prepared and sent to me by post. I did not receive any call from HSBC after that on my loan and the check is not received. Then I called them and ask the reason. They told me that it is not prepared yet.

My account got Scammed by international fraud group. I called HSBC fraud department, waited 2 hours the phone finally connected, they didn't even give me the Case # or taking seriously, I told them I have police report and FTC report, she said, "We can recall the money but not Guarantee, it will take 3 weeks." I called again waited another 2 hours after a week, try to find what is the status of the recall, a lady answered phone, she said, "You have to contact other side of bank to find out where is your money." I said, "This was the fraud case, it was scammed, how can I can contact other side of bank? My money was out from my account in your bank."

I just opened checking account and credit card with this Bank. For no reason, they blocked my credit card so to contact them, I was literally on hold 3 hrs on the phone listening to a boring music, their outsourced customer service from India doesn't know anything so they keep transferring me around. I tried their online chat but they are not help either, they provided the phone number that doesn't get you a live person. So I don't know how to get in touch with this bank customer service? My credit card still blocked. I was wondering, what will happen if someone loses their card and wanted to freeze it?

I opened a checking account online in November 2018, and transferred $1,500 on 11/19. In December HSBC blocked my account without a notice and for no reason. Online chat agents advised using a different browser when I complained about impossibility to do online banking. Only one mentioned that my account is blocked and I have to call Security Team without providing the details and time frame. I called them last two weeks every day, and a line is always busy. I don’t an access to my money, the online agents are not helpful, all my emails and letters are ignored. Would not recommend anyone to deal with HSBC!

I transferred $22,000.00 US Dollars from my PNB account in the Philippines to my US Dollar account at HSBC Langley BC Branch. I received only $20,989.00 US Dollars into the account. HSBC kept $1,000.00+ of the funds transferred in addition to their $15.00 Fee. They have continued to tell me that the 'Intermediate Bank' determines what currency they transfer your funds in and that the 'Intermediate Bank' chose to convert my $22,000 US Dollars into Canadian Dollars and that HSBC then converted the Canadian Dollars back to US Dollars and that is the reason for the shortfall of my funds. They have not been willing to assist me in getting back my $1,000+ and they cannot explain why when I did an identical transfer of $25,000 US from both the same accounts that I received the full amount yet this year they have shorted me the $1,000 +.

HSBC sets a New Standard for World Class Service - the LOWEST POSSIBLE STANDARD! I wanted to open an HSBC Advance Checking account and associated HSBC Direct Savings account. HSBC offered a promotion of $350 bonus for opening the account and funding with $10K+ CHECKING HASSLE: Opening the checking online was a hassle to begin with as the application timed out and I had to restart - this due to the time it took to review the various policies and disclaimers. Completed the application finally and they got back to me by email accepting (allowing me to open an account) with a couple of codes. It turned out that since I don't use a smartphone, they had to send me two letters, each with a code, to open my online access to the account.

I opened an account. I was "automatically" declined twice because they could not verify my identity? No further guidance? I think it was because I needed to unlock my credit report. Third time worked. Once the account was opened, I linked to an external account to ACH transfer in funds. They said the link was established. Then the transfer (initiated by HSBC) was declined by HSBC when it arrived. Further, my login credentials are now declined. I called and they asked me to fax(!) them a statement from the external bank showing how it was titled and the account number. I did that. It is now days later, and hours of being on hold, or on 'chat' where all they can do is give me a central phone number to call. In summary, I have been trying to open and fund an account for 26 days. Hard to contact then and no progress when I do. Not worth it. There are plenty of (nearly all) better places to bank.

I wanted to send $ to someone in the Philippines who had an HSBC acct. I went to a branch here to ask how to do it - they gave me all the info they said I needed. I went to send the $ and THEN they told me I needed to have an acct. with them. I went to another branch to open an acct. Was told they had an acct if I kept $5000 in I could get a $300 new acct bonus. I was the ONLY customer in that branch at that time - but no one could open an acct for me. I had to phone to set up an appt. I tried to phone 3 times - could never speak to anyone. Today I went back to try to open it - yes, someone might be available - but that new acct promotion ended last Fri. I did NOT open an acct, and I will not. No wonder this bank has the terrible rating it does.

It is near impossible to figure out how to lodge a consumer complaint for this, so here I am. This is against HSBC Bank, the "Learn1 Program" and PHEAA/AES. I have a student loan from over 10 years ago that was originally owned by a predatory lender (Loan to Learn) that has since been shut down and taken over by American Education Services and PHEAA.

DO NOT bank with HSBC. I am currently banking with three other banks and HSBC has the worst service ever. Even when you call up the helpline, their people hang up on you when they cannot answer your questions. I am definitely shutting down by HSBC account.

I switched to HSBC when I relocated to the US as I was told that it was a good bank for people having accounts in different countries. Well, this is not true! In the US, after a few months, my account manager told me that I won't have an account manager anymore but only the online customer service. I never had a bank without any account manager. And in France, I have an account manager that didn't respond to any of my emails, phone calls, and the online customer service cannot do anything about it. I'm closing all my accounts and going to a bank that respects its customers. Don't make the same mistake than me, don't go banking with HSBC, they have great advertising but terrible customer service.

I opened a bank account 1 month ago for the $350 bonus with $10000. Now I am not able to log in online banking site and mobile apps. I waited hours to get someone to help at the phone. This is a total fraud bank.

I am wondering for first time why there is no option for Zero stars. Are they really in banking sector. Be aware guys, your money will be stuck here if you open account with this bank. Their website, their APP and their customer care service all of them deserve zero rating. Never ever go for this bank. Please avoid.

Opened an account 2 months ago due to a $350.00 bonus after 90 days with a $10,000.00 deposit. I've been on the phone for 28 minutes with no help and the 'live chat' has gone on for almost 60 minutes with no result. The Bank requires you to download their mobile app. I'm typing this during this intolerable wait. They've asked a lot of questions and sent me a verification on my cell phone. Now they want me to do the forgot password and give the chat dude the special code so I can change my password and so I just clicked on the forgot password and the chat disappeared and 'my session has timed out'... Actually it is ingenious...never have to fix a thing. Problem solved. You REALLY don't want to bank with these twits. To paraphrase another orange haired twit "Worse Bank Ever". "Worst Bank Ever".

There are so many other banks with much greater customer service. Whenever you call HSBC customer service prepare to wait for at least 30 minutes, talk with someone who you can barely understand (with lots of talking in the background), and someone who has no idea how to handle your request effectively. I have had nothing but issues with HSBC, and will never use them again.

They are awful... please don't waste your time with them. Customer service is awful... no reasonable flexibility. They were supposed to close an account 7 years ago. I decided to give them another chance and invest my money with them. They denied me because of 2 cents they should have refunded to me 7 years ago. Their loss. I will move on to another company. The supervisor said they don't try to keep customers long-term. Really? No worries!!! It's their loss.

I signed contract at the bank more than two months ago and just got my debit card today, I had to go to the branch every weekend to ask about ANYTHING, I even faced problems debiting some cash and had to wait till they find my contract not on the system but the actual document, my phone banking is deactivated for some reason they are not saying and I cannot even create a PIN for my debit card. The agent who created my account doesn't answer and the branch manager doesn't know anything just like the agents, I ask about what is wrong. They don't tell and they give false promises.

I opened the Premier Checking account with HSBC online on March 28, 2018. Under "Terms and Conditions" indicated if you deposit $10,000 within 30 days and keep it for 90 days, you will received the bonus of $350 within 8 weeks to your account. On July 5, 2018, I have fulfilled the requirement and decide to downgrade (according to Terms and Conditions - the account should be in good standing) to choice to keep $1,500 to void the monthly fee. Before I walk in to the branch to downgrade, I called in and spoke to 9 different people in the customer service department and they told me that I will be still eligible for the bonus.

I requested statements for two accounts, there was some glitch in the program which wouldn’t allow me to look back at those statements. I called HSBC and told them that I needed the statements, she tried walking me through how to print them out, but the program wouldn’t let me look back further than 6 months. The Customer Service rep put me on hold for over 10 mins then just hung up on me. I then did it through email and I received an email from HSBC confirming that I wanted the statements, they were going to charge $5 a statement which is a scam, since I couldn’t look it up online. I acknowledged that I was aware of the fees. I waited over a month and didn’t get anything. I tried two more time and got nowhere! I did the online chat today and this Customer Rep said they were going to send it and charge the $5 a statement. GO TO ANOTHER BANK, ANY BANK IS BETTER THAN THIS ONE!!

I opened an online personal checking acct with HSBC bank. Account creating and wire transferring the amount was OK, it took about 1 hr to finish everything. I received an email on Monday (3 days later) to call them with not much details except the phone# and IB Reference Number. Note that this is 3rd day, still my wired amount was not deposited into my account. As requested in my email I called them on Monday, Tuesday waited almost 4 Hours in multiple calls. They put me waiting but no response. Neither they responded me nor they deposited my wired money.

If I could give no stars I would. I am still awaiting a lien release that should have been filed 11 years ago on a loan that was never closed. At the time we were given such a hard time that we went with someone else. We had a premium account and got rid of it because of how we were treated. Now HSBC is holding up our closing for which we may have to pay an additional $500 to extend the time of our agreement. No guarantee of when they will file the UCC3 that was their responsibility. Sent several requests via email and called several times.

Really awful. We are a charity trying to save lives in a desperately poor area of India by sending money from the UK. They did a safeguard check on our account which took a year of us repeatedly sending the information they requested. One person would acknowledge receiving it when we phoned them and would say everything was completed. Three times this was done and three times they sent a letter a few days after threatening to close our account if we did not provide the information requested. The person who was dealing with our safeguard check was dismissed. Another person took over who was allegedly trying to phone us on a number of occasions, but never left any voicemails or sent any emails to us asking again for the information they needed otherwise they would close the account.

I am in Australia with an account in UK. Unable to transfer money as they had deleted my payees and it was not possible to simply add them back (is this the worlds worst internet banking service?). Called on two occasions. Same result, THEY could not access my account as my telephone banking service was locked! I don’t recall ever having called them before so that’s a mystery in itself.

I have had the worst customer service from this bank. It even beat out Wells Fargo and made them look like the bush league. First, anytime I used my debit card to buy anything online or even the groceries, it would get flagged as suspicious activities and the card would get locked. The account reactivation process required me to wait on hold and answer absurd questions. This happened on a weekly basis. Next, my husband died while we were living overseas. This was my undoing in banking with them.

My credit card was blocked and I received an email instructing me to contact the security center. I have been trying to contact the security center by phone during the last 15 days and it was impossible. After waiting more than 15 minutes in each call nobody answers. And my credit card is still blocked...

I opened an advance checking account with HSBC when I received a card in the mail saying that if I opened an advance checking account with them and keep at least $10,000 for 90 days from 30 days from opening, then after eight weeks from the 90 days $350 will be deposited into my account. I opened the account accordingly and kept the $10,000 from 3/17/2018. I called and talked with a customer representative a couple of times with the first week of opening the account and keeping the said amount just to make sure that it is qualified for the award they were promising.

I have been with HSBC Bank for nearly 15 years. The only reason I've stayed with them is because I have premier status. However, even with premiere status, HSBC has the worst customer service ever. Your premiere relationship manager never contacts you and there is huge turnover where most leave the company and do not even notify you. Moreover, each time I attempt to call HSBC customer support, I am on hold for over 30 minutes (and this is when I call the Premiere Customer Support line). I received a fraud alert, and have tried contacting the bank for the past 4x days, but without any luck. At this point, I am considering switching banks because HSBC has zero interest in putting its customers first or making a change. In addition, the app is very archaic. You're better signing up with Chase and any other bank!

My credit card number was compromised and I contacted HSBC that day. I gave them all the information, and even contacted the vendor where the card number was used. That vendor then refuted the claim that the purchases made were fraudulent and HSBC is now coming back to me for $680 in fraudulent charges. Their fraud department rep was extremely rude and nasty on the phone and pretty much accused me of lying. Cancelled the card, and I would never do business with them again. I'm really shocked that they are that bad.

Waited for a chat only to be told I had to call. Called, was told I needed to be transferred, next person said same thing, but she instead just hung up on me. I was on the call a total of 1 hour & 14 mins, with 99% of that time being on hold. Tried chat again, no reply. Chatted again and asked them to call me. They said they couldn't relay the message because they were in the chat department. I am now on hold with them again... So far, it's been 41 minutes. This is the worst customer service I have ever seen.

I made two deposits $2000 and $2400 and they close my account. I don't why and If you call it takes a long time before you reach someone. I called a few times yesterday, the lines were busy, what a joke, they seem to be honest at first and It took over 30 days to get all my account information from HSBC. I would tell people to stay away far away from this bank. I don't why the banking agency does not do something about this.

Opened a credit card with HSBC because of the cash back. The flat fees they charge at any random point scammed way more money out of me than that. The worse part of it was trying to pay off and shut down the card at the end. After paying off everything on the card I found