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. 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. 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
Complaints
Loan promised not deliverd (Bajaj Capital Finance in calcutta) Open
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Nov 14, 2020 by Mallasamuduram V Sitharaman
Humara India Credit Coorperative Society Refund on maturity not paid after 6 months (Humara India credit cooperative society limited) Open
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Nov 11, 2020 by Rajeev Rastogi
Extortion in name of collection from bank (Hdfc Bank) Open
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Nov 10, 2020 by Kushagra Singhal
High penalty (Mpokket App) Open
Sir, i had taken a loan and loan amount is **** only and due to this lockdown i haven't any Pocket money and now they asked me to pay **** and this is so high amount for me. and now they daily harassing me and threatening my family and really...
Nov 09, 2020 by Mohd khubeb
NOC not provide (INDIA BULLS DHANI) Open
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Nov 08, 2020 by Chandan mandal
CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION (NK MARKETING SERVICES MUMBAI) Open
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Nov 08, 2020 by K.YESEPU
Penalty repayment on mpokket (Mpokket) Open
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Nov 07, 2020 by Avinash Kumar
Paid twice for my third emi in money view (Money view) Open
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Nov 06, 2020 by Bikash Deori Citiga
Credit amount in wallet not received (Gokruze IndiYeah Pvt Ltd) Open
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Nov 06, 2020 by Renu H Suvarna
Payment failed by google pay not got refund (Google Pay) Open
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Nov 05, 2020 by Rudolf Abraham
Not providing death Claim (Shara credit Cooperative society limited) Open
Dear Sir Mere papa Sahara credit society Ltd. Se kuch bond kharide the aur ek Rs.**** per month ka ** months ke liye RD bhi karwaye the jiski maturity December **** me puri honi thi lekin mere papa ka death ** August **** ko ho gaya uske baad ...
Nov 05, 2020 by PRIYESH KUMAR THAKUR
Torchering and making me to commit sucide (Go Cash ) Open
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Nov 05, 2020 by Saurabh verma
Amount deducted but amount not credited to wallet of HDFC fastag (Phone pe) Open
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Adarsh credit cooperative socity fixed deposits matured not paid sofar (adarshcreditcooperative society ltd nellore ) Open
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Nov 03, 2020 by VENKATASUBBA RAMANJANEYULU KANUMALLA
No Refund received (Mobikwik) Open
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Nov 01, 2020 by Pravinchandra Sheth
MENTAL HARASSMENT AND MENTAL TORTURE FROM HDFC BANK CREDIT CARD DEPARTMENT (Hdfc Bank) Open
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Rentomojo asking for more money when trying to own the product (Rentomojo) Open
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Oct 30, 2020 by Ajith Thalachil
Without my information HDFC BANK closed my credit card (Hdfc Bank) Open
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Oct 29, 2020 by Manoj kumar unnam
Wrong CIBIL Status update by CITIBANK causing mental Agony (Citibank india) Open
Hi Sir/Madam, With Due Respect, I beg to say that I was having Citibank Ready Credit Account# ********** and with structure payment of ***** INR was offered to me on **-Jul-**** with a validity of **-Jul-**** and Promised was made that On the ...
Oct 29, 2020 by Ashish mishra
Icici personal loan (icici bank) Open
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Add money (Airtel Payment Bank) Closed
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Aug 13, 2020 by Divyanshu Singh
Refund not received (Payumoney) Closed
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Aug 13, 2020 by Abhirvay Khadatkar
Money not added to wallet (Airtel paymant bank) Closed
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Aug 12, 2020 by Sajal Mahapatra
Money frauds (Vishwamitra India Pariwar) Closed
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Aug 12, 2020 by RANAN GUPTA
Amount deducted but service not rendered (Google Pay) Closed
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Aug 11, 2020 by Amit Shukla
Refund and without intimation EMI deduct (Kotak bank limited) Closed
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Aug 11, 2020 by Balaji kamble
Cyber Crime (proximagamma private limited) Closed
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Aug 11, 2020 by Armaan Srivastava
Travel service (PayTM) Closed
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Aug 11, 2020 by Bajrang prasad
Google pay transaction not processed (Google Pay) Closed
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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
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Aug 07, 2020 by Rupali thaper
UPI Transaction not received from Paytm (PayTM) Closed
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Aug 07, 2020 by Pravesh Negi
Poor service required refund of money (Highlight Investment Research) Closed
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Aug 06, 2020 by Saneesh N S
Harassment calls even after paying Loan EMI (Hdfc Bank) Closed
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Aug 06, 2020 by Rohit T Gangopadhyay
Google pay amount not received (Google Pay) Closed
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Aug 05, 2020 by Hemalatha Vikas
Money back (Sbi Bank) Closed
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Aug 05, 2020 by Rakesh kumar saini
No communication for NACH deduction (Indiabulls Dhani) Closed
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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
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