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Based on 75 reviews, last reviewed 16th Jan 2025
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Latest highest rating:

4

good and esay access, no big issue so far good and esay access, no big issue so far Reviewed on: 12th April 2024
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Latest lowest rating:

1

Ridiculous time to replace a credit card. We needed to replace our credit card. We understood it would take four working days but after contacting them we were told it would be 10 days. If it ... Read more Reviewed on: 7th July 2024
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About this product

HSBC Premier is a premium current account that offers a range of services.

To be eligible, you’ll need an annual income or savings and investments of at least £100,000 or be an HSBC Premier customer in another country. As a customer, you’ll get wealth management support, travel benefits, priority service and rewards.

HSBC Premier reviews help you find out what it’s really like to be a customer. If you’ve used HSBC before, you can also leave a review and share your experience.

HSBC Premier Bank Account reviews (75)

Review of the HSBC, Premier Bank Account:

HSBC Premier T&C Changes detrimental to customers

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HSBC has recently announced that it will be amending the eligibility criteria for the Premier account, from income or savings of £50k to £100k. The FSCS compensation limit is £85k. This means that if HSBC goes bust and you have £100k of investments, only £85k is guaranteed to be returned. For people that may need to take a career break that means that you have to have £100k invested if you want to retain the account, but why is HSBC asking customers to take this risk. Why is the investment not capped at £85k. I think HSBC should reconsider the Premier criteria. Reviewed on: 16th January 2025
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U J

Awesome service

5
Always fast and efficient. I've never had a problem with hsbc. Would definitely recommend. Reviewed on: 5th September 2017
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Ahsan Ali

Very Good Service

5
Very attentive phone staff. Will definitely recommend Reviewed on: 24th June 2017
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Azolous

Personal Service

5
It is very likely that I would recommend HSBC to friends/family. Reviewed on: 22nd June 2017
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Neil Gallagher

Personal Service

5
I like how when you phone up customer service, they always greet you by your name. Reviewed on: 22nd June 2017
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Neil Gallagher

terrible service, inflexible and unhelpful

1
HSBC sent us a KYC pack to fill in, in spite of us having been customers for over 20 years. We had just moved house and explained than we did not yet have the required utility bills to provide them with proof of address. They froze the account, stopped an incoming deposit and bounced all the direct debits. Customer services just kept repeating the same nonsense about their procedures. We closed the account. HSBC refused to transfer the direct debit details to our new account, saying we still had not complied with their KYC procedures. I will never recommend them to anyone. Reviewed on: 30th December 2016
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Fiona jk

Thinking of switching

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Have been without internet banking as my secure key has given up and branch had 'run out' last time I walked past one that was open. Call today took 5 min to be answered. In the grand scheme of things not that bad...but calls to premier banking are normally answered much quicker 15-30 secs. Reviewed on: 17th December 2016
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Michael Fotis

Persevered lot but still getting worse

1
HSBC ask you to reach Premier status. Premier lounges in Airports - well good luck with that. Now charge you £30 for transactions over 10k. So 50k in to reach Premier account status but Co-Op and Santander allow you to transfer 100k without charges and even after that limit it is still cheaper than being a Premier holder with HSBC. There is absolutely no benefit other than a headache you will get for that service Reviewed on: 5th December 2016
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malcolm

Better...

4
My personal secure key had come to the end of its life (I had it for years), so needed a new one. Branch staff wee helpful and the process of setting it up worked. Not sure why secure keys are still needed though... Reviewed on: 14th September 2016
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Michael Fotis

nobody at HSBC seem's able to help

1
I Had a few minor problems with the bank and decided it may be worth upgrading to a premier account as it appeared to offer better benefits and service. I rang and applied and after a combined hour of waiting and speaking to several people they decided that were too busy and promised a call back within 2 days. Of course they did not do this and instead I had to contact the bank again this time to be told they did not deal with these applications but just walk into any branch and it could be done there and then I live in a rural area and work long hours so getting to the bank is always problematic but I did as I was told and was then told they were too busy and had nobody to help and I should ring instead! I explained all that had happened and was told they would find somebody straight away. Two hours later I was still waiting, I walked over to the booth's where the staff meet with customers to find they had all gone to lunch I left at this point Reviewed on: 10th July 2016
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Jeremy Varmen

Locked out of my account today!

2
The HSBC site appears to be down today...not letting me even log on, let alone see any of my account info! Reviewed on: 18th January 2016
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