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Looking at 290 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Customers frequently encountered significant difficulties with customer service, finding it challenging to reach a real person and experiencing unhelpful interactions. Many reported long wait times for support, with calls sometimes being disconnected. Reviewers also expressed frustration with the payment process, citing issues with making payments and problems with incorrect or unauthorized charges. Some people were dissatisfied with automated systems, finding chatbots unhelpful and repeatedly providing security information. Customers also reported card issues, such as unexpected blocking or problems with cloned cards. Others experienced difficulties with products like home insurance, noting a lack of support for claims.

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Customer service

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Clunky app feels out of date My bank not listed (Cooperative) so can only make payment via debit card .... except that doesn't work, message "Sorry, there’s a technical problem with the online debit... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could rate zero I would. Appalling on line payment portal, appalling on line service and when I finally got through to a call Centre they couldn’t hear or understand half of what I was saying .... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely appalling customer service ! They tried to take an interest payment that wasn`t due. Tried the Chat bot several times to be told it cant answer my issue but I would be contacted. Heard noth... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Set up a direct debit to leave my account same date every month, direct debit was agreed but payments were coming out in different days. Challenged it to be given an apology and advised would sort it.... See more


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  1. Card Processing Service
  2. Bank
  3. Financial Consultant
  4. Non-Bank Financial Service

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Triplicated Charges

Stay away from MBNA. Erroneously charged three times. MBNA notified and requested to reverse but they refuse. Amex immediately reversed what are clearly erroneously duplicated/triplicated charges immediately upon notification by customer. Who pays the same charge multiple times within 1 minute at any shop? You will have to notify the financial regulator to get your money refunded.

20 June 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

MY WORST ERROR IN FINANCIAL MATTER IS…

MY WORST ERROR IN FINANCIAL MATTER IS TO GET A CARD FROM THIS COWBOY
CARD..
I HAD A CHARGE BACK ISSUE WHERE A COMPANY CHARGE MY CARD BUT NEVER PROVIDED ANY SERVICE
SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A SECTION 75 CHARGE BACK.

BUT FOR MONTHS MBNA PLAYING GAMES .
I WAS SO ANGRY THAT OTHER CARD LIKE CAPITAL ONE, LLOYDS, BARCLAYS NEVER PUT ME IN A DIRE POSITION AS IF I AM ASKING FOR HANDS OUT FROM UTTER LOW LIFE COMPANY LIKE MBNA..

ALL WE WANT OUR HARD EARN MONEY TO BE REFUNDED..
WHICH WAS ILLEGALLY CHARGED..
HOW COME THEY COMPARE THEMSELVES WITH OTHERS ..

HOPE THEY HAVE EARS TO LISTEN FOR ONCE..
Mr md Hussain
130 grange road Ig1 1ey

19 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SHOCKINGLY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE

SHOCKINGLY POOR, like many people seem to have a problem with MBNA i made a payment using THEIR app and after authorising it at my bank through MBNA direct link it got passed for payment, the money taken from my account and is sowing as 'pending' by my bank but i the get a 'declined payment' message from MBNA, their staff attitude SUCKS they will not take responsibility for their actions, AWFUL COMPANY.

17 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

MBNA don't want new customers, avoid them.

Wanted to open an account to save a 6 figure sum since Which said mbna rate was best. Got blocked because I don't have a mobile phone. Their help desk said enter my landline number preceded by 44. Still got blocked. Tried emailing them, they don't reply to them so use the mobile app. But I don't have a mobile. Then discovered mbna is owned by Lloyds so of course they won't be interested, more fool me.

15 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Another dumb ai account

Another dumb ai account. Trying to add another credit card that I have in hand and I say “how to add another credit card” response “you want to add another cardholder” when I mention another cardholder? Goes round in circles says a real person will get in touch. 20 attempts same thing no response from real person

13 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Home Emergency insurance worthless in practice

The cover proved to be worthless in practice.

The only time I had an emergency, MBNA/Allianz wriggled out of it by defining the capture of a squirrel on its way back into my home as prevention rather than removal of a pest (squirrels can be amazingly destructive in a short time). This was a weasel-like decision, in defiance of common sense, and I have little doubt that they would do something similarly dishonest if any other kind of emergency should suddenly arise. Needless to say - I did not renew. I also had my standard (as opposed to "Emergency") home and contents insurance with them, and decided to renew that because the renewal price was LOWER this year, and I thought the people handling any claim would not be the same! BUT ... then I read the many hundreds of terrible 1-star reviews for MBNA home insurance, and cancelled mid-term, switching to another insurer which gets GOOD reviews, for not much more money.

1 April 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

absolute nightmare trying to contact…

absolute nightmare trying to contact this lot, wait time up to 20 minutes im told 35 minutes later, i give up, the same this evening ,25 minutes sounded lkike i was passed through, no voice, cut off, rang straight back im told 30 minutes now.no way to email you, send a message nothing,why do you make it so impossible to be contacted in a normal manner.useless outfit this.

11 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Automated systems dont work

Why is it so hard to make a credit card payment. Ive now spent an hour trying to make payment im possible through my bank app as they're is sort or account number, online through the mbna this get so far and tells me to try later when do I go through the the details then it verify my payment card. I try phoning talk in all my details half the dont understand and im english and talk perfect english. When I get to the end they say there put me through to an agent there is a que so I give up. Why spend all the money on automated systems that never work and just annoy customs.
I ve given up trying to pay it, but there be very quick chase when its over due and levy charges. Its crazy

11 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Having difficulty using card

Having difficulty using card, been with mbna for nearly 10 years. Got through to someone on the phone who basically had me login to my app and click the live chat option to wait 30 minutes to talk to someone who isn’t her 😂 feels like she just dodged doing her job, pathetic service

8 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appalling Customer Service Wait Times

I have a problem with a pending payment of 1600 euros on a hire car booked in Montenegro.
I need to get this sorted out as it affects the amount of credit available to me.
I first tried the MBNA chatline which is very frustrating because you have to get past the BOT before being passed on to a human being.
I then re-typed the same question that I'd previously written at the start of the chat conversation.
It took a whole 25 minutes before I got an actual human reply to my chatline question.
MBNA's chatline is possibly the slowest that I've ever had the misfortune to use in my life.
I then phoned their contact number and was greeted by the dreaded 'We are experiencing a higher volume of call than usual' lies!!
No you aren't, you just don't have sufficient staff to manage a normal volume of calls.
After 20 minutes on hold I finally spoke to a human being, who to be fair was very helpful.
I summary - I shall be cancelling my MBNA card that I've had for over 25 years based on this dire Customer Service and take my money elsewhere.

8 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

VISA switch chaos

The change from Mastercard to Visa is chaotic. No new card delivered but my account has already switched to a new card number and all my history has disappeared with it. The 'help' line was agonizingly slow, wrong and unhelpful. Will be dumping this card for another provider.

6 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer service is appalling

Customer service is appalling, virtual robots go around the mulberry bush, and when asked for a physical person, they say they will call you back. For that reason, I finally found a customer services number that states I could be on hold for 1 hour. Still waiting....closing both credit card accounts down, when I can finally get hold of someone. Never again!

3 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE

AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.

They used to be excellent, good service, easy to use app and helpful customer service...

... well... those days are longggg gone.

The T&C's are now really questionable and underhanded... in all my years of using 0% credit cards, I've not come across anything like it. (Nearly 20 years and dozens of cards).

The customer service is dire, slow, uncommunicative and completely unhelpful. You'll receive copy and pasted pieces of their T&C's and 30 minute plus wait times between messages... they'll also completely get your name wrong just to complete the 'experience'.

I have gladly moved to a 'proper' 0% card operator, who gives you 0% for the full term advertised and not just in the first 60 days...

2 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never again MBNA!

MBNA logged me out of my account and provide not enough information for me to successfully log in. Customer service is absolutely useless when I call. They can't help at all. In addition the security communication are send on paper via post and is not enough to reset my log on. I've been locked out of my account for a month now.

31 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Biased complaints

I have had an MBNA visa card for many years with no problems however something has changed. My wife needed a reset of her pin number and we ertr first told she had to have a new card instead, MBNA then issues me a new card instead, I complained and was told instead they should have sent her a pin reminder so she could change the pin and again one was sent to me instead,

While this was going on MBNA tried on 3 occasions to force me to have their app one one occasion saying I would have trouble if I did not and on another saying it compulsory and on this occasion I said I wanted to speak to someone more senior to make a complaint and was told there was no-one more senior and it was there their policy that staff deal with complaints made against them thereselves
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I was given a £25.00 credit for the problems with my wives card and told by their employee while still on the phone that my he had decided my complaint would not be upheld as it was bank policy to insist on use of their app

How can an organisation follow such a blatant policy of not having designated staff to deal with complaints

29 May 2026
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