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Name: Business Banking
Rating: 2.34 (211 reviews)

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2.16

Based on 211 reviews, last reviewed 17th Oct 2024

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5

Very helpful ,professional team ,good app ,easy to o... Very helpful ,professional team ,good app ,easy to operate ,hsbc stand up with my company during corona virus ,all time I revive nite for assistance, ... Read more Reviewed on: 13th April 2024

Latest lowest rating:

1

erratic access to my account I have been a customer of HSBC a Reviewed on: 17th October 2024

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HSBC Business Banking reviews (211)

Review of the HSBC, Business Banking:

Choose very wisely

There are banks which will support your growth when it happens and who will respond to your business needs as and when they arrive. HSBC is not one of those banks. I wouldn't consider them for lending purposes (Funding Circle is the place to go for that) but they merit the seemingly poor reputation reflected on this site in every single way. I hope the indifferent and hostile customer service is intentional because if it's not, it's alarmingly amateur for a brand name bank. If you're in a position where you can switch or where you're considering whether to open with them, pay close attention to these poor reviews. They're not wrong. A lot of these reviews may be coming from people who have been refused loans and are aggrieved. Not this one. I'm trading at £5m this year (up from £2m in 2019 ) and I'm very well funded to the extent that it's been more than seven years since I last used any part of my overdraft facility but HSBC have sophisticated ways of making the banking process cumbersom and responses to queries churlish. If it wasn't for the fact that we're all real people, it would make an excellent sitcom. Reviewed on: 6th July 2022

erratic access to my account

I have been a customer of HSBC a Reviewed on: 17th October 2024

Been with HSBC for 46 years which means NOTHING to them

Been with HSBC for my business and private account since the age of 16 (I'm now 62) Never really gone overdrawn in all that time and never been charged for the accounts. Now just because they had to pay out millions on PPi (which I did not claim) they start charging me. Contact them requesting drop the charge for £8 per month. Sorry no was the answer. So this proves THE BIG BANKS don’t value long standing customers and loyalty, only profits. I’ve already closed my private account and soon will close Business account and my Credit card with HSBC… See ya! Reviewed on: 19th July 2024

Wish I never went to them for the account.

Wish I never went to them for the account. No replies. No responses. No updates. Constantly being asked to wait a call back but nothing happens. No assistance on the phone when you get through. Wasting our time and now at risk of not being operational.Avoid like the plague. Reviewed on: 24th April 2024

Very helpful ,professional team ,good app ,easy to o...

Very helpful ,professional team ,good app ,easy to operate ,hsbc stand up with my company during corona virus ,all time I revive nite for assistance, follow up great Reviewed on: 13th April 2024

Phenomenally poor bank to deal with

Phenomenally poor bank to deal with with exceptionally high fees which was particularly galling. Reviewed on: 2nd April 2024

They clearly don't want small businesses and will us...

They clearly don't want small businesses and will use every trick to get rid of them Reviewed on: 15th March 2024

Just spent 35 minutes on phone to fraud dept asking...

Just spent 35 minutes on phone to fraud dept asking me about a car I’m trying to buy for my business, telling me the reg number is wrong and should I be buying this car, absolute joke of a company, foreign call centres, can’t speak English, will be changing balls very soon Reviewed on: 26th February 2024

Unbelievable

After of years being a loyal customer, our account was shut and OS has been freeze without informing us as a small business what’s happened there is no help no support everything is on the verge I think we’re gonna go bankrupt because of them you couldn’t sleep in night for that. What are you doing to smoke, small businesses and family and businesses? Reviewed on: 23rd November 2023

Whatever happened to community banking?

I spent close to an hour on the HSBC online chat facility trying to organise a face-to-face meeting with a business banker to discuss the terms of my business banking facility as there has just been a major change involving my business. When eventually I was put in contact with someone who could help (I use the word 'help' in the loosest possible terms) they said the soonest I could have a meeting was in mid-August, but it could not be at my own Branch (which has just undergone a massive and no doubt expensive refit to make it more customer 'un'friendly) and so I would have to go to another branch almost 20 miles away from me. I said I could not do August because I will be away and asked for a later date. They said they could not give me one because they have not got the availability dates for beyond that yet but if I got back in contact in September (using the chat facility again) they could book me one then!!!! Whatever happened to community banking? And I have another story about my own refurbished branch when they cocked something up. When visiting the branch for the umpteenth time in person while trying to sort out their mess I asked if someone could call me when some paperwork was ready, rather than me having to keep going back to the bank to check. The answer was ‘no’ because, as I was informed… and you honestly could not make this up… 'the bank does not have a telephone anymore'. When I first opened an HSBC business account it was because they were advertising the fact they were dedicated to community banking, and to be fair, the service was absolutely fantastic. I could call in, often without an appointment, and if someone was free I could see them immediately. Oh how times have changed. Reviewed on: 19th July 2023

Decent low hassle business account

I run a small business with quite a low turnover. I use HSBC as it was easy to set up already having a personal account with them. Overall it has been a good experience although the fees have increased in the last few years Reviewed on: 5th June 2023

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