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Name: Savings
Rating: 4.43 (665 reviews)

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4.49

Based on 665 reviews, last reviewed 11th Feb 2025

26% decrease in 5 star reviews

in the past 90 days

200% increase in 1 star reviews

in the past 90 days

72%

14%

Latest highest rating:

5

Call was answered promptly and sound advice provided Call was answered promptly and sound advice provided Reviewed on: 11th February 2025

Latest lowest rating:

1

A very dishonest society I purchased the windfall bond from Family Building Society as I liked the chance of winning a cash prize, what Family Building Society never told thei... Read more Reviewed on: 8th February 2025

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Family Building Society Savings reviews (665)

Review of the Family Building Society, Savings:

The staff both in branch and on the telepohne are ve...

The staff both in branch and on the telepohne are very helpful, patient and knowledgeable. It would however, be a great advantage to be able to see your password as you type it so that you could spot errors and rectify them. It can be time consuming if you have made an error e.g. typed a capital letter by mistake but you do not know what the error is. The savings rates are however very competitive and hard to beat! Reviewed on: 3rd February 2025

Good communications.

communications are always clear and appropriate. Reviewed on: 5th October 2024

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for leaving us this review, we're pleased to hear your positive feedback! Response date: 7th October 2024

Saving with confidence

Being senior citizens, it’s important to us to feel confident when saving in banks etc. so when someone recommended the Family Building Society and we lodged with them we have no absolutely no problem with all transactions involving several types of accounts. Reviewed on: 3rd October 2024

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review, it's great of your positive experience with us! Response date: 4th October 2024

My simple error produced a situation that worried me.

My simple error produced a situation that worried me. Daniel at the FBS phone resolved it very efficiently and courteously Reviewed on: 3rd October 2024

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for leaving us this review, it's great to hear you found us efficient! Response date: 4th October 2024

Savings enquiry fully answered.

The telephone was answered quickly and the lady who dealt with the enquiry did so very efficiently. Reviewed on: 3rd October 2024

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for leaving us this review, it's great to hear you found us efficient in helping you! Response date: 4th October 2024

Lovely friendly and helpful lady on a phone call

Lovely friendly and helpful lady on a phone call Reviewed on: 30th September 2024

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for leaving us this review, it's great to hear you found us helpful and friendly! Response date: 4th October 2024

Excellent service

Great. Dillon was very helpful. Only improvement would be a short hold time prior on the phone. Reviewed on: 27th September 2024

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for leaving us this review, we're pleased to hear you found our service excellent! Response date: 30th September 2024

No problem opening account and prompt response to en...

No problem opening account and prompt response to enquiries . Reviewed on: 27th September 2024

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for leaving us this review, it's great to hear your positive feedback! Response date: 30th September 2024

Very helpful excellent service.

Very helpful excellent service. Explained everything extremely clearly. Reviewed on: 27th September 2024

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for leaving us this review, it's great to hear your found us very helpful! Response date: 30th September 2024

Very Helpful Service

I spoke to Dylan. He dealt with my query, and was very helpful. Reviewed on: 25th September 2024

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review, it's great to hear your positive feedback, specifically with Dylan! Response date: 27th September 2024

In the end I had to just admit defeat

Tempted by FBS’s Windfall Bonds, I decided to open the full five and deposit the £50k required. This is a process which has to be done online with the money deposited all in one go for each bond. To make things easier for myself I opted to open the five bonds and then transfer the money for all five rather than one at a time. That’s where the issues started. I could open one, I could open two. When I tried to open the third, it wouldn’t let me. So I closed the browser, tried again. Eventually I managed to open number three. I decided to leave the final two until the next day. The next day was more stressful than the day before. Every step of the application process was met with a request to sign in, only to be told on the next page I’d been signed out again for inactivity. Eventually i just gave up. If it’s that difficult to open an account I shudder to think of the issues that would arise depositing cash via their bank account or even trying to retrieve the funds at a later date. The rate may be tempting, however I fear the small extra amount is not worth the stress or worry. Reviewed on: 25th September 2024

Reply from Family Building Society Dear Graham, We're sorry to hear of your experience with us and the issues with opening accounts. This can be due to technical issues such as your browser/cache needing to be cleared. We are looking into developing our web service further, and take all feedback on board. Please call us on 03330 140144 or schedule a call back via: https://www.familybuildingsociety.co.uk/contact-us/request-a-callback so we can go through your account and help you in any way you need. Kind regards, Family Building Society Response date: 30th September 2024

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