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Rating: 4.27 (88 reviews)

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4.19

Based on 88 reviews, last reviewed 2nd Apr 2025

300% increase in 5 star reviews

in the past 90 days

No new 1 star reviews

in the past 90 days

70%

14%

2 star

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Latest highest rating:

5

Easy to use ,with Excellent Interest Rates Easy to set up account and very good interest rates. Friendly! Reviewed on: 2nd April 2025

Latest lowest rating:

1

Poor ID checking I opened a new account having been a member for years and they asked for new ID which they wouldn't accept Reviewed on: 21st June 2024

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Yorkshire Building Society Savings reviews (88)

Better rates than high street banks

Better rates than high street banks Reviewed on: 21st January 2021

Friendly service

I have been with YBS for over 30 years, staff always have a smile on their faces and so helpful! Rates are always higher than high street - don’t change Reviewed on: 21st January 2021

Fabulous company

Amazing, friendly, helpful staff. Reviewed on: 21st January 2021

Amazing staff

Whenever we have visited a branch we have always found the staff to be attentive and helpful. Reviewed on: 21st January 2021

Superb service!

Caring, professional, knowledgeable staff make this the best financial institution on the high street. Honestly can’t be beaten on service and are always very competitive with their products. Reviewed on: 21st January 2021

Really good service

Really good service in branches only need a lot of improvement on thier online & telephone service but recommend to open a/c in branch Reviewed on: 21st January 2021

Untrustworthy Building Society as they lose documents

I applied for a mortgage with Yorkshire Building Society and it was proceeding until they lost all the documents I sent to them including my Driving Licence, my payslips and my utility bills. This was despite the fact that they initially stated that they had them. Furthermore, the staff were rude and unhelpful. I was also going to invest some savings with them but I won’t do this now as they give extremely poor customer service and they are unhelpful and rude. My advice is to ap... Reviewed on: 17th November 2020

Rude staff and lack of diversity awareness

Having some money to invest, I visited the Yorkshire Building Society at Bristol where I live with my partner. The person I spoke to was vague and rude and my partner (who is not from this country)was made to feel uncomfortable by the way she was treated and spoken to. It was a terrible experience and it showed a lack of diversity awareness. I felt that I could not invest with the Yorkshire Building Society due to this terrible experience and I wonder just what attitude this So... Reviewed on: 14th November 2020

Crass stupidity or what?

YBS wanted six forms of identity to verify the ID's and address of my wife and myself (3 each) during the process of setting up a savings account. YBS rejected three of them. For example, I sent our local authority's council tax demand for the current year to verify my address (which is also oddly enough the same as my wife's). I redacted the amount of council tax to be paid for the simple reason that that information is none of YBS business; I am simply verifying my address.... Reviewed on: 10th October 2020

Dreadful experience

Dreadful experience. I had a house sale fall through so put money in an instant access account. The sale then came through unexpectedly so I tried to withdraw the money I had put in 2 days earlier I was informed by a dreadful, surly and rude customer service agent that I couldn't for 14 days due to money laundering laws. I was advised by Lloyds bank this is not true and if I could prove where the money was from they couldn't keep it but they did. I have now had to go overdrawn a... Reviewed on: 26th March 2020

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