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Name: 1st Account
Rating: 4.69 (1238 reviews)

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4.64

Based on 1,238 reviews, last reviewed 22nd Nov 2024

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Latest highest rating:

5

Great bank - wonderful staff Great bank - always get to speak to a person in this country - not a call centre abroad and they are so friendly and helpful. Great to have a regular ... Read more Reviewed on: 22nd November 2024

Latest lowest rating:

1

Unethical bank, if you can get past the login screen Been with them on two different occasions and both times same experience. They have the most complicated way to log into their accounts vs any other b... Read more Reviewed on: 7th September 2024

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First Direct 1st Account is a personal current account with tools and features to support spending, saving, borrowing and budgeting. The account has interest free overdraft options and no fees for spending abroad. At Smart Money People, we collect First Direct 1st Account reviews to help you discover what life as a First Direct customer is really like.

If the First Direct 1st Account sounds like the right current account for you, read our reviews to learn more. Find out how long existing customers have had their accounts. Read about the overdraft options and additional features. Learn about the mobile app, its features and how simple it is to use. All of this and more can be found in our First Direct 1st Account reviews.

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first direct 1st Account reviews (1238)

Review of the first direct, 1st Account:

Simple yet effective

It just does what it needs to - I can easily see my balance, transfer funds and pay for things in life. Reviewed on: 15th February 2023

Easy to use App and good customer service

Easy to use App and good customer service. So useful to be able to pay cheques in using the App too! Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

Good but getting tired

I've been with First Direct for many many years - shortly after they first started as an innovative telephone banking service. They have been solid and offer good service, but I feel that they are getting tired. The new wave of challenger banks do things slicker and offer better deals too. Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

Great customer service, wouldn’t switch purely becau...

Great customer service, wouldn’t switch purely because they are so responsive whenever I have an issue. Great app too and I always use their 7% saver account. Would like the ability to create savings pots like you can with Monzo. Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

Great Customer Services

Customer services answer the phone quickly from a UK service centre and always helpful and able to solve queries quickly. Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

The best banking app I have used - so simple and wel...

The best banking app I have used - so simple and well laid out Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

Always able to talk to a polite, helpful professiona...

Always able to talk to a polite, helpful professional in a reasonable time frame. Whatever the issue they've found a way to resolve it fairly and quickly. We ve been customers for o er a decade and have never been let down. Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

First Direct - Best customer service

I've been a customer with First Direct for almost thirty years. I've stayed with them because of their excellent customer service. When you call them, the phone is answered immediately and your query dealt with quickly and efficiently. The customer service agent is always polite, professional and, above all, human. Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

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Been with them for well over 30 years. Apart from a bad wobble a few years back when they made a bad mistake regarding customer service they continue to deliver a solid service. Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

Good all round bank

Quick to get in touch with customer services and they are very proactive in helping. Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

Friendly, helpful and highly efficient advisers.

Friendly, helpful and highly efficient advisers. Never put through to a convoluted automated service, always put through rapidly to a human operator on the rare occasion required. Almost all queries and banking conducted via their user-friendly app. Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

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