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Name: Bank account
Rating: 3.77 (1305 reviews)

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3.68

Based on 1,305 reviews, last reviewed 30th Jul 2025

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57% decrease in 1 star reviews

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Latest highest rating:

4

I feel my money is secure with HSBC with the use of... I feel my money is secure with HSBC with the use of biometrics - I particularly like the new app that has just been released. The layout is improved ... Read more Reviewed on: 5th July 2025

Latest lowest rating:

1

Leaving HSBC after more than 40 Years I have had an account with HSBC since I was a teenager and for over 40 years but I am closing my current, savings and shares accounts (including those... Read more Reviewed on: 30th July 2025

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The HSBC bank account gives access to a range of other offers, with no monthly account fee.

With an HSBC bank account, you can apply for an HSBC Global Money Account and convert, hold or send money in 50 currencies. In the app you can freeze or unfreeze your card and get instant notifications when money goes in or out of your account.

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HSBC Bank account reviews (1305)

OK... but no cigar

Well...it's a bank account. It does what it says on the tin. Bog standard current account no extras, no interest on positive balances. Nothing to sell itself. Nothing terrible about it either. But nothing to pursuade me not to switch for a a handsome bonus elsewhere...TSB...Yorkshire...Halifax...First Direct etc. Reviewed on: 10th November 2017

Not very good

It was not good. In any way. Or maybe it was ok Reviewed on: 9th November 2017

ok,

had been ok, but now they've closed down local branch, and talk of moving back to Hong Kong all the time...disappointing. Reviewed on: 8th November 2017

Low or no interest

My current account pays no interest My ISA has pathetically small interest No customer loyalty incentive Reviewed on: 8th November 2017

WOW

PREMIER ACCOUNT, IST CLASS ACCOUNT, IST CLASS SERVICE FROM HSBC Reviewed on: 8th November 2017

Friendly Customer Service

Had to change details on my bank account and staff could not have been more helpful and went the extra mile to do this. Helped with items not even asked for, went above and beyond my expectations. Reviewed on: 8th November 2017

Cash back

Great cash back offer on the Advance Account Reviewed on: 8th November 2017

App good but security concerns

The HSBC app is one of the best I've used in terms of ease of transferring money etc. I would be concerned about security though. I kept getting missed calls while at work (same time each day, didn't get the hint to call another time), it was a HSBC number and I assumed it was a 'do you want a credit card' call as I have had them in the past. This went on, every so often, for a few months then I got a text (which looked like spam) saying there were irregularities in my account. When I called them just to check they said it looked like someone was fraudulently taking money from my account each month. Other banks block your card if they have a genuine concern, which, while it is annoying, with a 24hr help line, it's easy and quick to unlock. HSBC put me on hold for ages and then told me I could have lost all the money. The app on my phone is good but also generates my security code for online banking, which I can also access from my phone. So if someone steals my phone and somehow discovered my app log in, they could easily have full access to my whole account. Reviewed on: 8th November 2017

lost card

when I have had to report my bank card as lost they have never been judgemental just send out a replacement. Reviewed on: 8th November 2017

Win 1000 for Bank review

Money goes in and money goes out, they don't charge me but they make momey on my money while it sits in their safekeeping. I would rather this system than paying a monthly fee and getting a tiny amount of interest unless it was in my favour. Reviewed on: 8th November 2017

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