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Name: Savings
Rating: 4.56 (1378 reviews)

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4.56

Based on 1,378 reviews, last reviewed 25th Jul 2026

14% decrease in 5 star reviews

in the past 90 days

40% increase in 1 star reviews

in the past 90 days

77%

11%

Latest highest rating:

5

Family BS - An Excellent Home for Fixed-Term Savings Just opened a new 1 year fixed rate bond with Family. Already an online customer, so did it all online. Extremely straightforward to do. Excellent rat... Read more Reviewed on: 25th July 2026

Latest lowest rating:

1

Outdaterd Security Used to login easily, now have to wait for post to arrive 3-5 days. Rubbish Reviewed on: 20th July 2026

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Family Building Society have been offering different savings accounts for over 125 years.

There’s a wide range of Family Building Society savings accounts to choose from, some are easy access, others are notice accounts or fixed rates. Some accounts can be opened with as little as £1.

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Family Building Society Savings reviews (1378)

Catherine was brilliantly helpful and patient.

Catherine was brilliantly helpful and patient. She helped me to resolve my difficulties, and suggested that she stayed on the line (phone) until I had achieved my goal. I had to phone back, and she was just as brilliant. Reviewed on: 25th April 2025

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review, we're pleased to hear your positive experience with us! Response date: 1st May 2025

Very prompt and polite service, and actually speakin...

Very prompt and polite service, and actually speaking to a person, excellent! Reviewed on: 25th April 2025

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Very efficient service

Very pleasant person. Very efficient service. Gave very clear explanations Reviewed on: 24th April 2025

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for leaving us this review, we're pleased to hear of your positive experience with us! Response date: 1st May 2025

Excellent!!!!

Online application easy and straightforward. Today I phoned and was speaking to Lisa Adam’s who was very friendly and quickly answered my query. Thank you!!!!! Reviewed on: 24th April 2025

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review, we're pleased to hear your positive experience with us! Response date: 1st May 2025

Knowledgeable, very helpful and efficient.

Knowledgeable, very helpful and efficient. Nothing was too much trouble. Reviewed on: 23rd April 2025

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for leaving us this review, we're pleased to hear of your positive experience with us! Response date: 1st May 2025

We dealt with a very pleasant young man who went thr...

We dealt with a very pleasant young man who went through security questions. However, my father is very elderly, and was finding it difficult to answer. We could have returned the questionnaire back but had not received an envelope so we had to phone. It would have been useful to have been aware of all of the questions eg national insurance number (which we could not find) beforehand. Otherwise, the gentleman was very kind and professional. Reviewed on: 22nd April 2025

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easy to speak to a person and apply instructions to my account. Reviewed on: 22nd April 2025

Reply from Family Building Society Thanks for leaving us this review - it's great to hear of your experience with us! Response date: 1st May 2025

Good interest while it lasts, and good customer service

I've been with Family BS for a few years. They are one of several banks/building societies who regularly offer competitive interest rates. Sadly, as with all banks, you have to keep an eye for interest rates later being lowered. Particularly disappointing that the windfall bond has recently become a lot less attractive. Customer service is good - It's refreshing to get through reasonably quickly by phone and for me it's a big help to get a customer services agent with a British accent as I really struggle with accents. However the customer service line would ideally be open for longer as sometimes you need help outside of office hours. Reviewed on: 17th April 2025

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Great savings products; easy to deal with; good / ho...

Great savings products; easy to deal with; good / honest customer service Reviewed on: 17th April 2025

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Absolutely 100% .

Absolutely 100% . Polite, knowledgeable staff. An absolute find. Reviewed on: 17th April 2025

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review, we're pleased to hear your positive experience with us! Response date: 1st May 2025

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Family Building Society: Savings reviews

14% decrease in 5 star reviews

40% increase in 1 star reviews

Latest highest rating:

5

Latest lowest rating:

1

About this product

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Family Building Society Savings reviews (1378)

Catherine was brilliantly helpful and patient.

Very prompt and polite service, and actually speakin...

Very efficient service

Excellent!!!!

Knowledgeable, very helpful and efficient.

We dealt with a very pleasant young man who went thr...

general feedback

Good interest while it lasts, and good customer service

Great savings products; easy to deal with; good / ho...

Absolutely 100% .

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