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Banking Complaints

A bank refers to a financial institution that accepts deposits and creates credit. Banks are of utmost importance to the economy and are a safe place to deposit excess cash.

The Indian Banking sector is ranked 6th across the globe. With many private sector and public sector banks thriving in India, the banking industry is congruously capitalised and well-regulated by the Reserve Bank of India. The stats on market, credit and liquidity bespeak the handy preparedness to sustain any global crisis.

India is presently home to 34 banks out of which 22 are private sector banks, and 12 are public-owned banks. Multiple other Foreign Private Sector Banks are operating as part of the Indian banking sector as well. Let us take a look at the Top 5 Famous Banks in India.

Famous Banks in India

1. State Bank of India: SBI is the oldest and also the largest bank functioning in India and has been a Fortune 500 company for 14 long years. Post-Independence, the State Bank of India got enacted on 1st July 1955. It has its headquarters located in Mumbai, the financial capital of the country.

The bank has 57 Zonal centres and 14 Local centres with 85,356 branches and 59,291 ATMs pan India. SBI has a market cap of INR 2,93,218.11 crores with a market share of 23% with its presence in 36+ countries. It has been recognised as the Best Transaction Bank & Best Payment Bank in India.

Total Assets – INR 30 lakh crores
Revenue – INR 3.68 lakh crores
Number of employees – 2,64,041

2. HDFC Bank: The bank is well known for receiving first 'in principle' consent from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which authorised it to set up a bank in the private sector. It was founded in August 1994 given the liberalisation that took place in the Indian Banking Industry.

The bank started its operations as a Commercial Bank from January 1995. With its headquarters in Mumbai, The Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) functions across 2,768 towns and cities with 5,314 branches and 13,610 ATMs in India. It has a market cap of Rs.6,25,666 crores as of 2019.

Total Assets – INR 11.89 lakh crores
Revenue – INR 1.17 lakh crores
Number of employees – 98,061

3. ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) Bank Private Limited: It occupies the second place when it comes to volume of assets operated by the bank. The bank is the second largest in terms of market cap and total assets, making it the leading private sector bank in India.

ICICI was formed in 1994 with the principal aim to offer medium-term and long-term project funding to Indian businesses. The bank has its headquarters in Mumbai with its registered office in Vadodara, Gujarat. It currently has its footprint across India with 5,275 branches and 15,589 ATMs along with its presence in 16 countries outside India.

Total Assets – Rs. 13.77 trillion
Revenue – INR 1.49 lakh crores
Total employees – 82,724

4. Punjab National Bank: The Punjab National Bank, PNB is the third-largest bank functioning in India. The bank serves more than 80 million customers with 7000 branches and 10,681 ATMs, expanding its footprint to 764 cities. It currently operates from its head office located in New Delhi.

Founded in 1894 from Lahore, the bank has served eminent freedom fighters of India. It later got nationalised in July 1969. As one of the oldest banks in the country, it has a market cap of Rs. 37,411 crores as in 2019. PNB recently bagged the prestigious IBA Banking Technology Awards.

Total Assets – INR 6 lakh crores
Revenue – INR 80,512 crores
Total employees – 70,801

5. Bank of Baroda: Bank of Baroda has now become the third-largest lender of the country after it merged with Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank into a single entity. It carries a pride of 127 million customers across 21 countries and growing bigger and better day by day.

The bank operates from its main office in Vadodara and has 9,500 branches and 13,400 ATMs across India. Founded in July 1908, it has a market cap of more than 35,000 crores currently.

Total Assets – INR 11.5 trillion
Revenue – INR 91,000 crores
Total employees – 48,807

Top Banking Complaints in India

According to a recent survey by Times of India, every hour 11 people complain against their bank. The most commonly reported banking complaints in India by consumers include bad customer service, checks/funds bouncing, extra charges levied, debit/credit card blocked etc.

Almost 30% to 37% of bank complaints occur due to the bank's failure to fulfill commitments and lack of fair practices. Banks reporting fraud or complaints have been on the rise more than ever before. What's more disturbing is the account holders face never-ending issues even after being connected with the banks for a long time.

Around half a million people have reported filing complaints in the last five years. From high interests to willful delay in processing payments (leading to penalties), and lack of fair practices to denial of closing accounts, banking customers are having a tough time continuing with the financial hassle.

The numbers of banking complaints see a double-digit rise in the past few years. The financial period of 2018-19 witnessed a surge of 20% in the complaints against banks. Non-adherence to fair practices saw the most number of complaints followed by issues related to pension, levy of charges, and debit and credit card issues.

1. Hidden fees
Customers feel cheated about the excessive fees and hidden charges by the banks. Most often, customers are not aware how they can choose to stay out of overdraft protection. Unexpected charges by bank remains a major issues for consumers from Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai to Patna. Reaching out to their bank is always a good idea to have a clear picture of fees and extra charges.

2. Bad customer support
This is something which every customer is concerned about. Even if the customers manage to reach out to the customer service, they don't see any credible solution. It gets quite worse when the bank employees are unable to resolve your issue. Being heckled from person to person, and being asked to wait at every desk test the best of temper.

The only solution you have is to stay calm and wait for the response from the bank to get the issue resolved.

3.Beneficiary does not get the money
This is one of the most common issues faced by banking customers in all the major cities in India like Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, New Delhi and Kolkata. The amount gets deducted from their account, and it is shown that the transaction is successful, but it doesn’t get credited into the beneficiary’s account. EMI payers mainly lodged such complaints that the EMI would get deducted from their account but would not be credited to the beneficiary.

4. Fraudulent transaction
According to the Economic Times, there is a rise of 74% in banking frauds. Digital transactions via net banking and UPI are preferred over cash for a contactless mode of payment. But with an increase in online payments, there has been a rise in fraud cases.

Many customers complain that the money from their account has been deducted for things they have not purchased. Banks take a lot of time in addressing such complaints, and usually, customers get frustrated with the process.

5. Transaction failure
Transaction failures are very frustrating and embarrassing. When consumers are out, and they haven’t carried the cash, they will pay via net banking or UPI or ATM, but sometimes bank servers would go down suddenly, and the transaction would fail, or in some cases, the amount would get deducted, and the transaction would fail which can be misleading for both payer and recipient.

How to resolve Banking complaints?

1. First and foremost step should be contacting the bank’s customer care itself as they genuinely care about the customer satisfaction and would be willing to resolve the consumer complaints. Here are customer care number of some of top banks in India :

State bank of India (SBI) Customer Care - 1800 425 3800
Union Bank of India (UBI) Customer Care - 1800 22 2244
Allahabad Bank Customer Care - 1800 57 22 000
Bank of Baroda Customer Care - 1800 102 4455
UCO Bank Customer Care - 1800 274 0123
Bank of Maharashtra Customer Care - 18002334526
Bank of India (BOI) Customer Care - 1800 22 0229
Central Bank of India (CBI) Customer Care - 1800 22 1911
HDFC Bank Card Customer Care - 1800 266 4332
ICICI Bank Customer Care - 1800 200 3344
Punjab National Bank (PNB) Customer Care - 1800 180 2222
Axis Bank Customer Care - 1860 419 5555

2. Apart from calling customer care numbers, a customer can visit the bank and meet the officials or complain at the grievance cell to sort out the issue. However, you should try submitting your complaint to the bank in writing, to keep a record of your complaint. Also, some banks have an option of filing a complaint at their website also.

3. However if the bank is unwilling to address the issue then you can approach the Banking Ombudsman. A banking ombudsman is a senior official appointed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to resolve consumer complaints against deficiency in the banking services. So far there are a total number of 15 Bank Ombudsman whose number can be found on the official RBI website.

The consumer has to file a complaint at the ombudsman under whose jurisdiction the bank branch is located. All the consumer has to do is write it down on paper, or send a complaint via email. There are no charges for filing a complaint. However if you are not satisfied with the settlement offered by the ombudsman, you can file an appeal before the appellate authority within 30 days.

4. Send Legal Notice:
A Consumer can send legal notices to the Bank in case it is unable to resolve his complaint. It is one of the efficient ways to handle consumer complaints legally. Check below to know how to send a legal notice to a Bank?

Step 1: Firstly, get a legal notice drafted by a lawyer.
Step 2: Check it properly and make sure it is signed by a lawyer.
Step 3: Keep a copy of it for future purposes.
Step 4: Send the legal notice to the Bank by registered post.
Step 5: Keep the slip or delivery report for evidence.

5. File consumer forum case:
Consumer forum deals with consumer complaints and you should approach the consumer forum if you feel that your rights as a consumer have been violated.

If your Bank is not responding to your complaint even after sending legal notice by a lawyer then you should file a case against it in a consumer court.

Here is how you can file a case against the Bank in the consumer court?

Step 1: Intimate the aggrieved party via legal notice.
Step 2: Draft the consumer complaint
Step 3: Attach all the relevant documents and proofs to support your complaint.
Step 4: Select the appropriate court for filing the complaint.
Step 5: Pay the prescribed court fee that is required to be paid along with the complaint.
Step 6: Submit the case along with the affidavit & fees in the court.

There are strong chances of nothing being done against your complaint if you're not serious about it. So, if you are still left stranded with nowhere else to go then you can always file a consumer complaint at Voxya. We at Voxya, generally receive around thousands of Banking complaints in a month.

So how do we actually resolve these Banking complaints? We start a social media campaign and then send an email to the Banks to resolve the complaint amicably. Moreover if strict actions need to be taken then we draft a legal notice and send it to the concerned Bank.

Most Common Issue Reported for Banking Complaints

Fraudulent transaction

Beneficiary not credited

No Cashback

Bad customer support

Unauthorized Wallet transaction

Amount deducted but transaction failed

Fraudental Transaction (Axis Bank) ^Open

This incident took place on **-**-****. There is a call from +****-***-**** which is Axis Bank Customer Service Number. Knowing as Axis Customer Service Center Number they assured me to wave off my Axis Bank Flipkart credit card charges whi...

Aug 21, 2022 by SHRENIK RANKA

Transaction failed refund not credited (Mobikwik) ^Open

I paid through MobiKwik (Order ID: **********) for a myntra order amounting ...

Aug 20, 2022 by Nimesh Jaiswal

Fraud (Groww App) ^Open

Sir /mam I am hitesh jain I didn't participate in trading session today but my groww app shows a lose of rs ***** this will found when a message came from bank that rs***** withdrawl to my account then I check my groww app and then realize that...

Aug 19, 2022 by Hitesh jain

Money not been refunded it s already 5 months (Dhani app) ^Open

I was trying to place a medicine order through the Dhani app order did not get placed but the amount was deducted from my account of ****.** INR during the month of April **** I have been following since April and raised multiple complaints no ...

Aug 18, 2022 by SATISH P PAWAR

Fast tag Issue (State Bank Of India ) ^Open

State bank issued Fast tag using my vehicle number to commercial vehicle incorrectly without validating KYC due to that i am unable to use my fast tag for my travel i am paying double charges some time in the tool book mentioning my fast tag is...

Aug 18, 2022 by Hari kumar R

Didn t receive amount after order cancellation on groww (Groww App) ^Open

I cancelled an SIP order (status was in process) on groww. But the invested amount is not credited or restored in my groww balance. They say amount restored in your groww balance?...

Aug 14, 2022 by Kunal Gautam

Credit Card Deactivation (Sbicard.com) ^Open

Dear Sir, On **th July **** I have received an email from SBI stating that my credit card has been blocked due to suspected activity. I have responded via email and clarified their doubts. Eventually SBI has agreed to unblock my CC after veri...

Aug 11, 2022 by Joji Jacob

Harrasment messages even after paying emi and not recieved NOC (Dhani app indiabull credit line app) ^Open

Hi . i have made settlement with dhani indian bulls and i have made payment on promising of NOC . Even after settlement i am getting harrasment messages regarding court hearings and legal actions. they have cheated me by trading payment fro...

Aug 10, 2022 by Khan

Fastag recharge amount not credited (CRED Dreamplug Technologies Private Limited) ^Open

i have done a fastag recharge on *th august of anount ****. in app it shows that amount is deposited to paytm fastag balance but no amount is credited at my account . i complained severel times but no response is recieved its been * days now ...

Aug 09, 2022 by arun chauhan

Purchase but software not received and denied to refund (Ftx Trading Software) ^Open

I have purchased trading robot on **/**/**** while purchasing trading robot of silver commodity they said only *** $ required for deposit but after purchasing robot they again told deposit *** $ for starting robot so i ask about refund but the...

Aug 09, 2022 by Akshay siddharth bhange

UPI transaction successful but amount not received by merchant (UPI SBI) ^Open

My UPI transaction on **/*/** successful seen by sms of SBI but merchant not received.I wait * days & complain to SBI customer care.Now SBI charge back but till date no refund nor received by merchant till ** days of digital online UPI transact...

Aug 09, 2022 by Hemalkumar

Fixed deposit not close no refund (Future Enterprises Limited Ahmedabad ) ^Open

I have a FD in FEL. **/**/**** is the maturity date But neither I received any confirmation mail from their side nor the maturity amount of fixed deposit was credited to my bank account. I have also mailed their a lot but they neither replied n...

Aug 08, 2022 by Prashant singh solanki

SAHARA CREDIT COOPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED (sahara A ) ^Open

MATURED BOND AMOUNT NOT RELEASE BY * YEARS BY SAHARA CREDIT COOPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED BRANCH PHALODI JODHHPUR (RAJ) ...

Aug 06, 2022 by Harish panwar

Significant deficiency of Service and loss of property items (Nimmadhi Property Management) ^Open

Nimmadhi Property Management signed contract for my two properties in Coimbatore and took over custody of property and contents in it. For one year they did not maintain the property well and did not rent it, I also put rental advertisement on ...

Aug 04, 2022 by Vinod Prakash

Paytm FastTag bill payment through CRED app not done but amount debit from Card and CRED is replying (Cred App) ^Open

Hi, This is Vinit Kumar from Bangalore, On **th July ****, I made a FastTag bill payment through the CRED app. The amount debited from the card but not yet credited to the Paytm FastTag wallet. I send lots of emails to the cred support, ...

Aug 02, 2022 by Vinit Kumar

SEBI Not taking proper action against the stock broker company (Sebi) ^Open

Geojit company has created a demat account as a joint account holder format. The account is in the name of my father and grandfather. This account was opened in **** by my uncle (father's brother), without even the knowledge of my father, and a...

Aug 02, 2022 by Ram Prasath

Dhani is not responding and not clearing my over due on cibil and other credits even after 3 months (Dhani app indiabull credit line app) ^Open

Dhani is not responding and not clearing my over due on cibil and other credits even after * months of clearing the loan. Marking my issue resolved without resolving and asking me to wait * more months. Noc is not issued even after * mont...

Aug 01, 2022 by K Manoj

IDFC BANK PERSONL LOAN FRAUD (Idfc Bank) ^Open

Illegally credited amount without document confirmation. Banker discussed different amount and credited different amount....

Jul 31, 2022 by Sitakanta Sundaray

Nonatrades com website fake (nonatrades com webpage and autobinarytradeinvestment) ^Open

Sir My telegram id auto binary trade investment channel of telegram group every day their paid members post screen shot they got million of rupees i just asked autobinarytradeinvestment admin how to possible less amount invest to profile is b...

Jul 27, 2022 by KOLLI DILLESWARA RAO

REKHA (ADARSH CREDIT COOPERATIVE SCOCIETY LTD) ^Open

* FD AND * DEPOSIT MONEY ...

Jul 22, 2022 by REKHA

Money frauds (Vishwamitra India Pariwar) ^Closed

I give agent money and he refused to give me back as he told me the company is closed....

Aug 12, 2020 by RANAN GUPTA

Amount deducted but service not rendered (Google Pay) ^Closed

I book an lpg cylinder of Indane through Google pay a sum of Rs.*** was deducted but no cylinder was delivered to me. I inquired to dealer he said that cylinder not booked and he said that amount received has been refunded back but the amount h...

Aug 11, 2020 by Amit Shukla

My amount was debited from my account and not refunded even i contacted so many times (Mamaearth in) ^Closed

Actually I tried to place order on *rd June by using my wallet due to some network issues I got error at payment page and the amount was deducted but order was not confirmed ,so again I tried from my remaining balance then also it not confirmed...

Aug 11, 2020 by Narendra

Refund and without intimation EMI deduct (Kotak bank limited) ^Closed

Due to COVID-** situation I had option EMI COVID-** facility month of June is is acceptance by bank ,and month of July ,my EMI date was *th but it was bounce, and I paid this EMI on *th of Aug , after discuss with legal manager of kotak bank,th...

Aug 11, 2020 by Balaji kamble

Cyber Crime (proximagamma private limited) ^Closed

Someone asked my paytm otp and then my money was deducted in Pubg UC. Please track it down and help me as soon as possible....

Aug 11, 2020 by Armaan Srivastava

Travel service (PayTM) ^Closed

Paytm provide busses information is very bad... Paytm shows services is not provided in bus.. Bus staff in not maintain social distance... ** seats in bus.. but *** passengers in bus.......

Aug 11, 2020 by Bajrang prasad

Google pay transaction not processed (Google Pay) ^Closed

i was trying to transfer *** rs to my friend July ** using google pay app and transaction failed, it have been one month still i didn't get refund ...

Aug 10, 2020 by subravelu

Extra amount got deducted for my loan emi (Dmi Finance Pvt Ltd) ^Closed

I literally beg your support for me to get my money refunded. DMI finance PVT ltd is not refunding my extra amount, which i have paid on its portal for my loan account. Please find below explanation and bank statement for your reference. Nam...

Aug 07, 2020 by Sunny

Harrassment (Moneed finance company on play store ) ^Closed

Sir i have to pay amount ***** re in moneed in ** march **** but because of lock down there is sudden stop of source of income of me and my husband too after that i am suffering from high sugar with pregnancy and in critical stage so i mail in ...

Aug 07, 2020 by Rupali thaper

UPI Transaction not received from Paytm (PayTM) ^Closed

Dear sir / Madam mere friend ne ** July ki raat ko Paytm UPI see *** rupee Mujhe bheje jo aaj tak Mujhe nahi mile, Maine paytm customer executive ko Kam see Kam **se Jyada baar call Kar di hai Har call pe mere balance kata hain kyuki unka vo t...

Aug 07, 2020 by Pravesh Negi

Poor service required refund of money (Highlight Investment Research) ^Closed

They cheated me with providing wrong advisory services. they taken service charges. These are fraud people. i lost money because of believing them. Please remember " Highlight Investment Research" name and run away from their representatives ...

Aug 06, 2020 by Saneesh N S

Harassment calls even after paying Loan EMI (Hdfc Bank) ^Closed

Hi, I have a personal loan with HDFC with autodebit facility in my HDFC sacing account. As I am self employed, there has been hardly income due to the Corona crisis. So I had opted for moratorium for my personal loan. Since June, I am receivin...

Aug 06, 2020 by Rohit T Gangopadhyay

Google pay amount not received (Google Pay) ^Closed

Hi, On */*/****, one customer transferred ****/- to my Google pay account, and Initially transaction did not happen. But later I received a message tht amount is transferred to my account. And I gave the goods to customer. After **mins trans...

Aug 05, 2020 by Hemalatha Vikas

Money back (Sbi Bank) ^Closed

Sir, mera paisa galt account me transfer ho gya tha uski complned bi kar di thi fir bi aaj ** days hone vale h aaj tak meri koyi help nhi kar rha hai...

Aug 05, 2020 by Rakesh kumar saini

No communication for NACH deduction (Indiabulls Dhani) ^Closed

I had taken personal loan after which one EMI is pending, now as per decided terms stated EMI will be deducted in the first week of the month, however an unfair amount is charged to me on ** July ****...

Aug 05, 2020 by Karan

Paytm business payment settlement (Paytm Business) ^Closed

I received a payment on my account from a customer but the amount is not credited to my bank account for more than ** days and there is absolutely no support or help from paytm team regarding this. The amount is not available in my wallet also ...

Aug 05, 2020 by Nandish Rao

Amount deducted but Transaction Failed (Google Pay) ^Closed

This is very disappointing to share with you that I have made a payment of amount Rs. ****/- on dt. **th July **** to BMC Holding Tax dept. (Govt. of Odisha) through Google Pay service link with my SBI Account. After making the payment message ...

Aug 04, 2020 by Sunay Mishra

Deduction of money without informing while CC dues already being paid (Sbi Credit Card) ^Closed

Till now I have been charged without any proper reason and message from SBI. i pay for Credit card but they deduct amount within ***-*k without informing. I have exceeded my limit but I paid some a few days ago but still **** got deducted from ...

Aug 04, 2020 by Shatadru Paul Chowdhury

Wrong product sent by paytm (PayTM) ^Closed

I have ordered one smoked buddha and * archies rakhi combo which includes chocolates. But I have received defective buddha and completely different rakhis are sent and in one order chocolates was missing. In second one dairy milk was sent in pl...

Aug 03, 2020 by Vibha Gupta

Money debited to zomato without consent (PayTM) ^Closed

Money from my paytm wallet got debited to zomato without asking for otp. ...

Aug 02, 2020 by Annhad Bhatia