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Name: Savings
Rating: 4.51 (1218 reviews)

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4.55

Based on 1,218 reviews, last reviewed 27th Jan 2026

53% decrease in 5 star reviews

in the past 90 days

50% decrease in 1 star reviews

in the past 90 days

77%

11%

Latest highest rating:

5

Good products. Good products especially prize draw savings which still pay a fair rate of interest. Reviewed on: 27th January 2026

Latest lowest rating:

1

Poor Login Experience Logging into my account is a nightmare. Excessive and pretty poor security features Reviewed on: 20th January 2026

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Family Building Society Savings reviews (1218)

Review of the Family Building Society, Savings:

Didn’t take too long to answer the phone, I like the...

Didn’t take too long to answer the phone, I like the fact that you can take instructions over the phone, simple. And answered all of my questions .. thank you Reviewed on: 13th May 2025

JUST APPALLING CUSTOMER SERVICE

The Family Building Society are without doubt the WORST building society I have the misfortune to deal with.Second major compliant in under a year.JUST EXCUSE AFTER EXCUSE. 35 Minutes today speaking to various people, CUT OFF after 10 minutes. BAD VERY CAREFUL INVESTING HERE Reviewed on: 16th January 2026

Reply from Family Building Society I am sorry to hear you are dissatisfied with your experience, we are currently investigating your complaint and will be in contact shortly. We want to assure you that we are actively working hard to assist all our customers as quickly and efficiently as possible during busy periods. I understand your frustration and we will review our processes to ensure the telephone service we provide is always a positive one. Response date: 21st January 2026

Antiquated login system

Tried to login today but there is a different system now that prevented me from doing so. I phoned FBS who said I had to wait 5 days for a verification code. I queried why I had not been informed about this to be told we emailed you ( not true as I keep all your emails) and also it came in a newsletter, again I keep all the correspondence and I haven’t received this letter. Very disappointed with this new system which is preventing me access to my account, what an antiquated system. Reviewed on: 15th January 2026

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for your feedback, I understand your concerns regarding your online access. The decision not to proactively notify customers of the online service upgrade launch date was a business decision, taken to reduce the risk of too a high volume of customer calls and simultaneous re-registrations. Information about the re-registration process has been available on our website within the Savings Online Service FAQs since 12 May 2025, enabling customers to complete the process as and when access to their funds was required. Customers were provided with just over six months to migrate to the new system. Due to system capabilities, any customer attempting to access their account after this date are required to re-register as an existing customer. For security purposes, verification codes for existing customers are issued by post. In line with our standard procedure, if a verification code is not received within five days of completing re-registration, customers are asked to contact us by telephone, so the code can be provided directly. In the meantime, we are happy to action any requests or transactions on your account via phone or secure message where we want to ensure all customer have uninterrupted access to their funds. Response date: 21st January 2026

RESET OF SECURITY

Adviser was knowledgeable and helpful . Reviewed on: 15th January 2026

Reply from Family Building Society Thanks for your review. We're glad to hear you were happy with our service! Response date: 20th January 2026

logging in.

Had a problem logging in but Lisa talked me through ererything. Reviewed on: 14th January 2026

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review. It's great to hear of your positive experience with Lisa! Response date: 20th January 2026

Wonderful service.

A very helpful and pleasant response from call handler. Reviewed on: 13th January 2026

Reply from Family Building Society Thanks for your review. We're glad to hear you were happy with our service! Response date: 14th January 2026

Excellent Building Society

Customer service and product were both excellent Reviewed on: 13th January 2026

Reply from Family Building Society Thanks for your review. We're glad to hear you were happy with our service! Response date: 14th January 2026

Difficuly logging in

I called today as I was having difficulty logging in. The customer services adviser was very patient and helpful. She walked me through the process and I actually had to re-register as the system had updated since I last logged in and my password needed changing. Thank you for making it easy. Just need to wait for verification code through the post and will be sorted Reviewed on: 12th January 2026

Reply from Family Building Society Thanks for your positive feedback regarding our service! Response date: 14th January 2026

Online Help

Tracy talked me through the new signing in online system as I could not access my account. The verification code sent in the post did not work & I wanted to add money to my account. Reviewed on: 12th January 2026

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review. It's great to hear of your positive experience with Tracy! Response date: 14th January 2026

Excellent.

Excellent. All q's answered efficiently and courteously Reviewed on: 12th January 2026

Reply from Family Building Society Thanks for your positive feedback regarding our service! Response date: 14th January 2026

I value that l can invest with confidence.

I am retired and value the fact that l can invest with this BS. I need to be, and to feel, secure to invest as l have no experience in this field. Reviewed on: 10th January 2026

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for leaving us this review, it's great to hear of your positive feedback. Response date: 14th January 2026

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