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Based on 106 reviews, last reviewed 1st Dec 2024
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Latest highest rating:

4

Very happy with HSBC. Very happy with HSBC. The CS team is always very helpful. Reviewed on: 12th April 2024
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Latest lowest rating:

2

With so many banks to choose, why even consider HSBC I applied for an HSBC Visa Credit Card and it was the most unnecessarily complicated application you could imagine. Furthermore, I then applied for an... Read more Reviewed on: 1st December 2024
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HSBC Credit Card reviews (106)

the most useless credit visa card and bank ever

1
i call costumer service today to increase my limit by from 500 pound to 1K , after nearly one hour on the phone ,and speaking to 3 different agents , i got a rejection . although i have 650 credit score /and total income of 40K / yearly . i dont advice anyone to try and ask to increases there limit , because its not trusted back and credit card for sure . now my credit score will drop down . i found them so pathetic to make such decision based on ridicules fact which is (i have not used my visa hsbc credit card for long time) how can i use it with small limit of 500 ??? Reviewed on: 8th July 2021

Efficient fast credit card provider

5
Very efficient on line application for a new credit card, granted within minutes and arrived 48 hrs later. 18 months interest free and £25 incentive what’s not to like. Good online app to support banking with Hsbc too Reviewed on: 16th June 2021

I have the credit card is amazing low charge very helpful team and security

5
It was my first card he still my main because of all the benefits it has Reviewed on: 14th June 2021

Does the job

4
I use them for all my banking. It's good. The app works well. Reviewed on: 14th June 2021

Security Nightmare

1
Complete nightmare to set up online banking, with phone calls, telephone security codes, questions, phrases, s downloading app to generate yet another code. Then if you forget one thing that's it no second chances. No other bank I have dealt with makes it so difficult to use, you must get it right or your locked out!. The customer service couldn't care less, I got locked out just because i done a typo on my phone with my date of birth, put in month as 18 instead of 10 which is an obvious typo but locked out I was.again! and have to wait 5 days before i can call up again whilst waiting on the post. Thank god I'm on the 0%,all i want to do is pay in more money!!! I may have to take out another credit card to pay this one off and get rid Reviewed on: 13th April 2021

Don't keep me informed, don't seem to care

2
Completely impersonal experience. they keep stopping my card from working without telling me because of security checks, and then it is difficult to get it re-established. The staff do their best, I think they are outsourced, but it is just a dispiriting experience dealing with them. Reviewed on: 12th March 2021

Quick service, flexible approach to credit limits and friendly service

5
Quick service, flexible approach to credit limits and friendly service Reviewed on: 27th February 2021

Out of date service

3
Setup was simple via the app as a existing current account customer but direct debit setup and requesting additional card seems archaic either a sloppy online form or PDF to download and post. This is surprising in this day and age. Reviewed on: 24th February 2021

Nightmare for balance transfer

2
So, you can't transfer from another card until you can log on, and you can't log on until you get an activatation code/card reader ( no sign after two weeks) and if, like me, you have no mobile signal, then you are stuffed. Of course you don't find this out until you have spent ages getting a telephone activation code (20 mins) and set a ridiculous number of passwords. Ok, so you can do a transfer over the phone. First call took 40 mins to be told that I couldn't do the transfer and that I had to call Sainsburys. Another 25 mins on hold, and after they stopped laughing, was told that HSBC had to initiate (well I knew that anyway didn't I?). So back we go to HSBC, and after 1 hour and 40 mins (yes really) the transfer is done. So to sum up, if you have nothing better to do than waste your time and you have a mobile signal and like nothing better than setting interminable passwords/security questions then HSBC is for you! Reviewed on: 12th October 2020

Money view

5
Quick easy access and friendly knowledgeable stsff Reviewed on: 2nd August 2020

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