Metro Bank Reviews 

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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very poor service. Froze my elderly parents' account without notice and were unable to help at all over the phone. No one could even explain what had happened. They were constantly passed from one col... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Online banking and app are absolutely useless as can't transfer funds outside the UK (even though we were told that wouldn't be a problem), so now every time we need to do this we have to call the pho... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely terrible bank. I had an injury claim payment sent to my account and the froze my account for no reason saying it’s fraud, how? When you have AI servers that check if the account it’s coming... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Staff sitting at computers queues going out the door. Customers are shunted from one queue to the next without any sign of their queries being resolved. No clear vision of where this bank is goin... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Foreign Exchange Questionable

Rang Metro Bank head Office yesterday to obtain an exchange rate for TL (Turkish Lira). Head office confirmed the rate for me to Buy is 19.4946 TL to £1. Transferred phone call to Local Branch who also confirmed the same Buy Rate 19.4946 TL to £1. I confirmed I would be in the Branch this morning to obtain said Turkish Lira.
Today I arrived and was told by the cashier that the Buy rate is 16.0748 to £1 and was told that money exchanges fluctuate overnight. Now this would be a -17.54% drop, hardly likely when M&S, Post Office, Sainsbury Buy Rate today is exactly the same as yesterday i.e. 18.635. I explained that I confirmed the rate with a colleague yesterday but they conceded that do not register incoming calls.
Yet again I have been thwarted by Metro Bank incompetence. My wife is absolutely correct "Why do you keep Banking with these dullards when they have given you inaccurate information numerous times?"
Learned my final lesson today, will be transferring to another provider forthwith.
- 0 Stars and would never recommend them to anyone.

25 May 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad experience with banking with metro…

Bad experience with banking with metro I can’t excess or purchase online with verification so many numbers they give you and I sill can’t access the account information online I hope they shut down in the near future horrible customer service Mohammed Ahmed 😡😠☹️

22 May 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

On Hold

They do not answer the telephone when calling customer services. On hold for so long, I gave up. Clearly, they consider that their time is more important than their customers' time.

16 May 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The waiting time is a killer

Afternoon going back and forth in one day for about three times because of the long waiting time, am currently waiting for about 40mins with no one available to attend to me. First they don't book appointment, again when you go too early, they tell you their representative haven't arrived. Yes they have nice attractive,spacious environment but unfortunately they are NOT EFFECTIVE. The services is terrible. How I wish I have an alternative at this point.

10 May 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst bank ever.

Bank staff pleasant and helpful, but.....
The rest of the corporation is useless and cannot resolve issues.
The major issue is your account will not link to any accounting software even the one they are promoting.
Two visits to branch to resolve the problem, a week of back and forth with accountants, you cannot share the downloaded files with accountants, you have to scan everything back in.
A total waste of time.
Go to a proper bank that won't be fustrated and dissappointed with, I'm closing my account because they cannot get there act together.

11 April 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is regarding Farhan Ali who works…

This is regarding Farhan Ali who works in Croydon branch of Metro bank.
He provided excellent professional services to me on 06/03/2022 in Croydon branch. It took nearly 4 hours to unblock my cards and to make sure that my internet banking was working properly again. Ali was polite patient and very helpful. I wish that other members of Metro bank were like him.

7 March 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Discrimination at the branch in Cardiff city centre …

I went in the branch today in Cardiff city centre I spoke to a gentleman I was with my partner at the time He just recently received his status of the UK and automatically assume that he could not speak English as I was helping him translate as the guy was using big words then the guy went on further to say that they do not open Account for people that could not speak English or understand English Personally I think that is discrimination as we are United Kingdom there’s people that speaks Welsh people that speaks Scottish Nevertheless there is people also that can be able to translate and then when I confronted the guy about it he was like well the only time that we can do that is if one of us can speak the language and will be able to translate it that he went on to say that they are not discriminatory which I reckon they he was being very sarcastic about it which I felt very insulted so I think that there should be When is on this matter as this people that are getting leave to remain in the UK as they are in danger in the country and we are choosing to not help them make their life easier Personally I think this is discrimination and should be looked into

3 March 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Went to open an account today at metro…

Went to open an account today at metro bank hounslow branch, i was welcomed so openly. The staffs were friendly and I had the opportunity to deal with Miss Ruchira, who I must tell you is an absolute gem. She is a lovely lady. She made all my process hassle free, she opened my mobile banking and helped me so clearly with that. This has been a great experience for me. Absolutely recommending my friends to use this bank, great customer service guys!

25 February 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Friendly Service

Have had an account with them since 2013 and never had a problem. Branch staff are always friendly and helpful. Customer service is also great.

18 February 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I phoned this mickey mouse bank to…

I phoned this mickey mouse bank to report a what's app scammer who gave all his bank details and name trying to fool people into paying large amounts of money into their account. After speaking to customer no service and giving them all relevant information I was told to inform my bank even though my bank was not involved in any way shape or form and then they could start a review of the account after they received information from them. I told them I will be taking this further and I am not sure whether members of staff could be involved in the scam. Why else would they not block the guys account.

8 February 2022
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