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M&S Bank - Marks and Spencer: Personal Loan reviews

Name: Personal Loan
Rating: 2.08 (52 reviews)

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Based on 52 reviews, last reviewed 6th Mar 2025

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5

Very clear Took a loan for my car. Very clear pricing and fair rate. Easy to deal with and helpful customer service. Reviewed on: 4th September 2024

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1

A rating of one out of five does not do justice ... I'm also a victim of bait and switch from M&S as the loan rate switched from 9.9% to 14.9% and the loan repayments ballooned. I'm now at a crossroads ... Read more Reviewed on: 6th March 2025

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misleading

applied for loan ,said i was accepted ,received direct debit form ,filled it in and sent back .sat waiting for loan that never arrived ,so rang customer services who couldnt understand a word i said except to say my loan was declined ,i said it has been accepted but gave me no reason for it ,my experian score is 977 ,.these people called me a lot of hassle and im sure its breaking the law to say "loan approved " and then tell you its declined.!!!! Reviewed on: 10th March 2020

Avoid. Mis-sell loans and APRs

I was preapproved for a loan at 2.9% which was great so applied for the full loan. This was approved fairly quickly but with a much higher apr. When questioning why this was the case given I have very low debts and an excellent credit score they said I couldn't ever get that rate because I wasn't an existing customer. Even though this was not stated on any of the pre-approval questionnaires or even on the advertising on the loan. All the other loans nectar etc... list the restri... Reviewed on: 1st October 2019

Absolute time wasters

Applied for a loan, had a call to request more additional information such as payslips, tax return(self employed) before application could be processed.Dragged on for 2 weeks then decided to tell me as I had only been self employed for 9 months they couldn’t give me a loan as it is ‘company policy’ to reject loans for people who have been self employed for less than 12 months.Would have happily accepted the explanation had they told me upfront and not strung me along for 2 weeks... Reviewed on: 17th May 2019

Misleading and poor customer service

I wanted a debt consolidation loan for 2 credit cards to reduce the monthly interest I was paying. I did an online search a came across M&S loans who were advertising loans at 2.9%. I applied for a loan (having an Experian credit score of 999), went through the application process and supplied all the required information accurately. The next day I received confirmation that I had been accepted for the loan at 6.9% and just needed to call up to confirm I wanted to proceed.... Reviewed on: 24th April 2019

Really bad customer service

Applied for loan, met all their criteria. Received initial email that said I would have a decision within 5 days. Then nothing, no request for information. On the last day as it was getting close to them closing so I called to see if the application was being dealt with, I waited ages to get through to be told that there was a request sat on the system for more information and that no-one had picked it up in order to send an email out to me. They said they would send the email o... ut immediately and if I got the information to them I could call back in 15 minutes for a decision. I was told at this stage that my high credit rate had secured their lowest lending rate 2.9% and that I just had to send proof of self employment and bank statements. Received email and it clearly stated that I needed to send proof of self employment by means of SA302 form or business bank statement showing name and address. Also asked to send 3 months bank statements. I sent this through within half an hour. I left it an hour and called them back and had to wait in a queue again to eventually get through to someone and then get passed (holding again)through to the underwriting team who said I had been sent the wrong email and that I needed to send my entire tax return i.e. 30 odd pages that you would submit online or that your accountant would do on your behalf. The woman's manner was just simply rude and very abrupt when I asked if it was the actual entire tax return and not just the SA302 tax calculation that you get from HMRC. I stated that if it was proof of income that they were after I could send SA302 that is a calculation from the tax office confirming income that you are taxed on. She said no we need the entire tax return. Very odd as the tax return is something you do yourself / your accountant does. The SA302 is the document that is used by mortgage companies to confirm income for self employed. I'm not sure if she was confused with what the SA302 or was just having a bad day (It was Friday evening) but I ended up cancelling my application and went to my bank instead, higher rate but far less hassle. It has been a complete waste of time. The worst thing has been the lack of communication from them. If I hadn't rang the application would of just sat there pending waiting for goodness how long until someone decided to contact me to request the information. Maybe they don't like self employed people but they should state that in their initial criteria if that is the case. I met everything on their checklist. Bad service avoid. Reviewed on: 12th April 2019

REFUSED LOAN BUT TOLD TO RE APPLY IN A YEAR

I am retired and with a very good pension. Their criteria was earn over £10,000 and have a good credit score. I chose M&S because they consider people in retirement. The letter they sent refused my application even though I earn double what was required, have a very good score but they said that I had a late payment on a credit card - which I disagree with. I have a maxed overdraft but never go over and they told me to load Experian which I did and it gave me an exce... Reviewed on: 12th November 2018

Why was I speaking to someone in Manilla who couldn't understand me!!

I have a loan with M & S and phoned to confirm that the last payment would be taken on a date in this month (October) After pressing 1 for this 2 for that etc.etc. and waiting ages I apparently got through to the wrong department. I was told I would be put through direct to the loans department. This did not happen had to start pressing 1 for this 2 for that etc. When I did get through I asked where the person I was talking to was - apparently Manilla! I asked when the f... Reviewed on: 4th October 2018

Inept!!!!!!

After 3 days of waiting for my loan to be approved, I decided to phone to enquire on its progress. I was promised a fast track decision to be with me be lunchtime the following day. I ring up later afternoon the following day, application now doesn't exist. A complete shambles - Avoid...………………. Reviewed on: 2nd August 2018

Good rates and service

Good rates and service . I’ve had no issues with this Company Reviewed on: 8th June 2018

Dont bother

Applied for a £10k loan at 2.8%. Received email confirming acceptance and would receive agreement in 3 working days. Called call centre as wanted to ensure funds were available for me to purchase the new car and was advised to go into a branch and they could print the forms for me to sign. The call centre advised that they were unable to email me the forms form me to sign as they weren't up to that technologhy yet... really in 2018?? Anyway, went to branch gave them the referen... Reviewed on: 23rd April 2018

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