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Scottish Building Society: Savings reviews

4.91
Based on 3,440 reviews, last reviewed 5th May 2026
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Latest highest rating:

5

Easy to deal with. Easy to deal with. Everything explained clearly. Reviewed on: 5th May 2026
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Latest lowest rating:

1

Very poor communication and service to members Moving account after drop in interest rate. Delay in contact me on day of maturity so delay in receiving money. Then request copy of my bank statement... Read more Reviewed on: 4th February 2026
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Scottish Building Society have a wide range of savings accounts to choose from.

Scottish Building Society savings accounts include products with fixed or variable rates, limited or instant access and some can be opened with just £1.

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Scottish Building Society Savings reviews (3440)

Traditional, personal service

5
On our visit to the Glasgow Queen Street branch today we met with a really helpful employee and all went well. Personally, I like the fact that the Society is relatively small and one does not deal with staff in faraway places. Reviewed on: 25th July 2024

First class service

5
Excellent. So helpful and kind. Alleviated our fears and concerns. Excellent customer service. Reviewed on: 25th July 2024

Efficient, friendly, good savings rates

5
Commitment to mutual status, no pressure to be online, loyalty products, independent (i.e. not part of larger group with different/conflicting interests). Reviewed on: 25th July 2024

Good customer service

5
Friendly and helpful staff. Selection of products with clear and straightforward information. Reviewed on: 25th July 2024

Traditional, courteous, helpful

5
Traditional, courteous service. Informative and patient explanation of options. Reviewed on: 25th July 2024

All my queries were comprehensively dealt with in an...

5
All my queries were comprehensively dealt with in an efficient, reassuring and friendly way and I wondered if I was asking crucially relevant questions about what I really needed to know without being at all sure what to ask in the first place. Reviewed on: 23rd July 2024

Super, smashing, great

5
Great staff, great service, good savings rates. Opening times are a bit restrictive especially as the nearest branch is 50min drive away. Reviewed on: 19th July 2024

Friendly, attentive, excellent

5
Lovely staff who were extremely helpful and very knowledgeable in Inverness. Reviewed on: 15th July 2024

Friendly, competent, simple

5
Very friendly staff. Simple procedures to open accounts. Reviewed on: 15th July 2024

Reliable, not loyal

4
I sent my ISA book to be updated and upgrade my ISA to 5.25% following a phone conversation with SBS. Have discovered book sent is missing and I wasn't upgraded to 5.25%. Other banks automatically offer best rates to customer and change over if they haven't heard from you. Reviewed on: 12th July 2024

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