Stgeorge Reviews 

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TrustScore 1 out of 5

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Considering 26 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people reported significant difficulties reaching customer service, often encountering long wait times and automated systems that did not resolve their issues. Customers frequently found staff unhelpful, untrained, and unable to provide proper assistance, leading to frustration and a sense of being passed around without resolution. However, some customers also noted severe problems with accessing their funds and making payments, with accounts being blocked or transfers failing. Reviewers also experienced broken communication systems, including not receiving expected emails and being forced to visit branches interstate for issues that could not be resolved remotely.

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Customer service

People report negative experiences with customer service, citing long wait times, with some waiting up to two... See more

Customer communications

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Payment

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I have spent half an hour trying to speak to customer service or log a suspected fraudulent debit. Eventually put on hold for 15 minutes or more. St George made 7 billion profit last year but they cl... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I’m now overseas. My account was suspended. I called the overseas number for help. The staff asked questions to verify my ID. I had problems to understand his questions, as he spoke with a strong Indi... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

St George bank Out of Control no customer rights anymore Change procedure with no reference to Account holders. Will they listen to complaints Yet to see

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute scam of a bank, worst experience i've ever had. Opened a credit card account with them, and subsequently opened a transaction account to make it easier to transfer outstanding balance into... See more


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pretty bad

Pretty bad. They left a credit card I've overpaid sitting there for 10 years and made no effort to contact me (despite having same email address for 25 years). They only alerted me when they sent the money to ASIC as unclaimed. It was rather painful getting my money back.

14 September 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They declined a loan app as I am a…

They declined a loan app as I am a single woman. I have no debt, very good income, very low overheads as I own my property outright but they refused a $50k home improvement loan with no reason. Terrible bank if you are female and have no debt they don't want to deal with you.

1 February 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Incompetent Staff who give you the wrong information.

I have been banking with St George since 2009 and have my home loan with them. Recently I went to pay out a large part of my loan and was told by 2 phone banking operators how it would work. 2! Only for the WRONG information to have been given and the consequences of that were VERY costly.
I am now going to pay out the remaining balance and take my business elsewhere.
Absolutely disgraceful. You would think after 7 home loan increases in less than a year they would treat their customers better. Train your staff properly !!!! I will never bank with them again!

16 January 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My 96 year old mother in law had a term…

My 96 year old mother in law had a term deposit with them which matured last month. She has just discovered that they chose to roll it over into a new TD offering only 0.35%. This is roughly one tenth of commonly available rates. When we complained on her behalf at the branch we were told that there was a 30 day wait to get her money out and that she would lose most of the paltry amount of interest she had earned.
This is disgusting taking an old lady's money at such a pathetic rate and then refusing to immediately rectify the situation.
Most banks currently offer maturity options of paying out the TD or rolling it over at their then commercial rate. St George appear to have a third option (or trap for the unwary) that if you fail to select one of the first two they take your money at minimal interest and lock it in.

4 November 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Amplify Platinum Visa Applications misleading

Amplify Platinum Applications default to another card - watch out!

So you see a nice Qantas bonus points on the platinum card offer, you follow the prompts all the way to the application, answer hundreds of questions and submit. Get the card weeks later and get told on the form one of the questions defaulted "type of card" to another basic card, that is not the platinum card with the promotion.

not only is this a waste of time to problem solve, each application affects a person's credit history. The operators take 40 mins each to respond and you get bounced around at least a few times, so don't bother calling unless you have 1-2 hours.

After my 4th attempt of calling, they say casually cancel the card and reapply- never mentioning once that this damages credit reports.

The sly set up and highly inefficient bureaucracy at this bank made it my first and last dealing with St George bank.

12 November 2020
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