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1.4 Rating 158 Reviews
9 %
of reviewers recommend first direct
1.4
Based on 158 reviews
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Posted 3 months ago
Awful experience, moved across for the switch. Card took ages to arrive, ages to switch and now I’m told we don’t even get the incentive. Which is the only reason I don’t cancel. Wish we had never moved our accounts across.
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Posted 3 months ago
Absolute worst customer service I have ever encountered. The only thing their agents excel in is making their customers' lives difficult - they shine in that respect. Totally incompetent in every other respect. I have literally spent hours on the phone for identification of my mother's account (who has been banking with First Direct for over 30 years). None of the many people I have spoken to have any idea what they are talking about. I have received so much false information that I don't know how they can be in operation at all. Whenever they need any documentation, their strategy is to freeze the account, stop sending account statements and wait for me to notice and call them. I have already lodged a formal complaint, but have been told it will take up to eight weeks for me to receive an answer. I wonder why...
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Posted 3 months ago
Refusing to drop a pending charge of 120 from tesco even though tesco have already taken there money Get told different things from different people about it
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Posted 3 months ago
I lost my bitcoin to fake blockchain impostors on Facebook, they contacted me as blockchain official support and I fell stupidly for their mischievous act, this made them gain access into my blockchain wallet account, whereby 7.0938 BTC was stolen from my wallet in total. I was dumbfounded because this was all my savings I banked up on, waiting for bitcoin rate to improve. Then my cousin recommended me to an expert, I researched online and found CONTACTZATTECHRECOVERY @ GMAIL COM I wrote directly to the specialist explaining my loss. Hence, they helped me recover my bitcoin within 15 days. They launched the recovery program, and the culprits were identified as well, all thanks to their expertise. I hope I have been able to help someone as well. Reach out to the recovery specialist to recover you lost funds from any form of online scam.
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Posted 4 months ago
They froze my account and temporarily stole my money for no good reason. They have given me years of bad service. First direct good bank? A myth I have been with them 30 years.
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Posted 4 months ago
Absolute trash banking service tried to switch over for the switch & save asked me to do 100 different things didn’t mind however when it came to email verification was an absolute nightmare didn’t send me any emails to my inbox and whenever I would try to resend would only send the old previous code which would then be expired would ask 100 security questions Everytime I tried to login and I would misspell or lowercase one letter of the answer to my security questions because I didn’t know it was case sensitive since every normal banking app just asks for a PIN code instead of asking me 178 questions like it’s my maths test. End of the day annoyijg service to switch over to, way to complex and annoying for standard consumers and slow verification services that don’t work. Just be simple and maybe people will like ur services, stop trying to be so different t.w.a.t.s
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Posted 4 months ago
Awful customer service! They really don’t care about their customers.
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Posted 4 months ago
My advice is do not use this bank as all they seem to care about is their share holders, really bad bank.
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Posted 4 months ago
I applied for a balance transfer card and was rejected because I did not meet the relevant criteria. I asked what criteria I had not met and a few days later was sent a letter saying that the wrong letter had been sent to me and my application was still being declined because of my lack of affordability. I have a monthly income, after tax, well in excess of that quoted for eligibility. After querying this I was told that the usual practice is that no checks are made at the branch but the applications are sent to the underwriters and, as is normal practice, no investigation is made by them and that is why they failed to contact me to ascertain my affordability but the rejection remains.. I have tried to contact the Chief Executive who writes that People should come before Processes and the customer is key but have received no reply. Clearly his message has not reached his staff who would rather refuse a request by a loyal customer who has a Good credit score and has never defaulted on any loan in her life. First Direct your "processes" are a disgrace.
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Posted 4 months ago
I asked why I had not received my Tax Certificate after three weeks of asking for one. Told it could take up to ten days. They said they would send a request again. I am still waiting. I joined in 1999, but feel they have lost the plot. Time to look else where for good service unfortunately.
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Posted 5 months ago
I was trying to transfer £900 to my landlord today using FIRST DIRECT'S mobile app but when everything was ready, on the confirmation page the amount was changed from £900 to £200, and the name of the payee was different!!! I almost clicked confirm and noticed the difference and stopped. When I went through the same process again, this time it was ok on the confirmation page. I had to transfer the money on FD website using the PC because I am afraid now to do it using their app. I chatted with FD agent and she said it happens sometimes but gave me no explanation!!! I've been using various bank apps but never experienced anything like that!
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Posted 5 months ago
Absolutely shocking service. After 10 years I’ll be leaving them as soon as they unlock my account! Which they locked for no reason! Awful customer service on the phone, no one will give you a proper, and correct for that matter, answer! I’m surprised that they are voted as one of the best banks. Not in my books! Shame I can’t score them 0.
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Posted 5 months ago
Awful - App is complete rubbish, lock outs are very very frequent - customer service is poor.
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Posted 6 months ago
Sorry to say I have just called First Direct and the customer service has dramatically fallen. I spoke with an agent who didn't have a clue and after several attempts at putting my question a different way, they still had no idea and failed to satisfactorily answer a simple query. It seems they have outsourced their calls to another country... always a disappointment when that happens
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Posted 6 months ago
Year on year decline in agents knowledge and service. How many people know that their complaints promise is to respond in 8 weeks - 8 weeks! Omg.
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Posted 6 months ago
I have banked with first direct for 19 years and year by year the service is getting worse with customer service not a priority, if you are considering joining first direct I would strongly advise you join another bank. I will be moving my banking to another provider
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Posted 6 months ago
What is going on with First Direct? I have been waiting for 5 months to get a large amount of money deposited into my current account. I was told the "platform" was changing and I needed to open a new account where MY money would be deposited. I had to wait for a new code which would allow me to access MY money. I have been told by customer services, with of course many apologies, that I would receive my code imminently!! It has been over 4 weeks and I still have not received any code. It is a total shambles and this is now impacting my life as I have NO money!!!
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Posted 7 months ago
Absolutely shocking experience either first direct from the day i.opened the account! Account was locked as I had had fraud which they let go out of my account, then it happens again they send a message to authorize this payment which I obviously didn't authorize, they let it go anyway when I couldn't even use the funds in the account myself!!
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Posted 7 months ago
Banked with them since 1991 but following our recent experience will close my account. Customer service is diabolical.
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Posted 7 months ago
first direct is rated 1.4 based on 158 reviews