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Name: Savings
Rating: 4.47 (814 reviews)

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4.55

Based on 814 reviews, last reviewed 29th May 2025

325% increase in 5 star reviews

in the past 90 days

200% increase in 1 star reviews

in the past 90 days

74%

13%

Latest highest rating:

5

Long telephone wait time But good service when conn... Long telephone wait time But good service when connected Reviewed on: 29th May 2025

Latest lowest rating:

1

Awful website to log in First phone call 27/05/25 staff helpful but phone line terrible 3 second time delay between conversation, I am deaf and it was a very difficult call p... Read more Reviewed on: 28th May 2025

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Family Building Society Savings reviews (814)

Review of the Family Building Society, Savings:

IT "update" was a complete disaster

The IT "update" was a complete disaster. I have not been able to log on for a week and still cannot. I have been told 3 times the problem has been fixed, it has not. I was an IT director for a major bank, if this happened on my watch I would have been sacked. I presume this will not happen here, bunch of amateurs Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

Telephone customer service

14 minute wait for my call this morning but my request was dealt with very efficiently and courteously Reviewed on: 27th May 2025

Living in the past

Much too reliant on paper and snail mail. Need to join the 21st century and provide the ability to transfer Cash ISAs electronically, provide documents and newsletters digitally in pdf format. Reviewed on: 25th May 2025

It is a nightmare creating an online account, your s...

It is a nightmare creating an online account, your security onboarding is terrible compared to most of your rivals. I have £85k ready to invest and have given up Reviewed on: 25th May 2025

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave a review Neil. We are sorry to hear that you had some online issues whilst creating an account and that you have decided not to go ahead. It would be really helpful if you could give us more details about your experience so that we can look in to this for you. Kind regards Family Building Society Response date: 29th May 2025

Great service setting up new platform.

Change to online platform was a problem but great help from Customer Services lady resolved the issue. Most helpful. When signing into the new platform it gives the option to use customer ID or email address. It turns out that only Customer ID will work. Reviewed on: 23rd May 2025

I today opened a new online savings account and spok...

I today opened a new online savings account and spoke with Dyllan Wright regarding instructions to transfer a balance from a maturing account to the new account.Dyllan was very professional ,courteous and to the point. Reviewed on: 23rd May 2025

Good interest rate on savings and good customer servive

Good interest rate on savings and good customer servive Reviewed on: 23rd May 2025

Satisfied Saver

I managed to lock my self out of my account, but the help desk person talked me through the new log in process so I was able to carry on as normal Reviewed on: 23rd May 2025

Gillian was wonderful.

Gillian was wonderful. She made so much effort and took the time to help me with my problem with clear, concise instructions. Excellent experience. Reviewed on: 23rd May 2025

Reasonably quick to answer phone, Lisa set me on the...

Reasonably quick to answer phone, Lisa set me on the path to finishing registration. Glad you have introduced 2 factor authentication. Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

Unblocking account

I understand that there is a long delay ,waiting to get through on the phone, 20 mins- as you are so busy- and I did appreciate the option to have a call back to avoid waiting on the phone . I didn’t take up this option - hence the longish wait .Once through - the service I received was professional, helpful and friendly - and the problem of unblocking my account - my own fault ,was quickly resolved . A special thanks to Gillian Collard - excellent customer service. Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

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