We’re sorry to learn that you have had the need to complain. We understand that there will be occasions when things may go wrong and when this happens, please tell us what has gone wrong and how you would like us to resolve your complaint. Thank you for bringing this to our attention and giving us an opportunity to put matters right for you and improve our services.
We aim to resolve your complaints at the earliest possible opportunity. Where we have been unable to resolve your complaint within 3 business days and need more time to investigate the matter, we will write to you and let you know. We will aim to respond to most of your payment related complaints within 15 working days of the complaint being submitted. For all other complaints we will issue a final response at the latest within 8 weeks, which will outline the details of our investigation, how we reached our decision and how we are going to put things right for you.
Ways to contact us
- Call us on 0800 532 532 (free from your UK landline), Monday to Friday, any time between 9am to 6pm
- Write to us
Customer Care, State Bank of India (UK), 15 King Street London EC2V 8EA.
Alternatively, you can write in to your branch directly.
To help us investigate and resolve your complaint, please provide:
- Your account details
- A description of your complaint
- When your issue occurred
- A preferred contact number and a convenient time to contact you
We will be in contact with you as soon as possible after receiving your completed form or email.
- In person
You can visit your nearest branch. For a full list of our branches please click 'here'.
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We'll aim to deal with your complaint straight away. However, if we can't, we'll keep you informed of the reasons for the delay, updating you about the progress of your complaint and the action we propose to take to address your concerns.
What we will do to resolve your complaint
State Bank of India UK aims to deal with your complaint straight away. However, if for whatever reason we need more time to complete our investigations, we will contact you and inform you of the reasons for the delay. We will keep you updated regularly as to the progress of our investigations, until they are completed.
We will provide you with a reference number and let you know who will be dealing with your complaint, so if you have any questions you will be able to contact the team dealing with your case directly.
If you are unhappy with the progress of your complaint
Step 1
If your complaint is not resolved within ten business days from the day your complaint was registered and/or you are unhappy with the progress of your complaint, please email customercare.sbiuk@statebank.com
Step 2
If your complaint is not resolved within twenty business days from the day your complaint was registered and/or you are unhappy with the progress of your complaint, please email
Lax Seshan (Head Product) at lax.seshan.sbiuk@statebank.com or
Stephen Banks (Head National Sales) at stephen.banks.sbiuk@statebank.com
About The Financial Ombudsman
If you are still not satisfied after following the above procedure, or if eight weeks have passed since you first let us know about your concerns, you can ask The Financial Ombudsman Service to independently review the complaint, free of charge. You can find out more about The Financial Ombudsman Service in a leaflet available from all our branches or by calling us. Alternatively please find their contact details below:
Address: Financial Ombudsman Service, Exchange Tower, London E14 9SR
Telephone: 0300 123 9 123 or 0800 023 4567
Website: www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk
Complaints data
We endeavour to put customers at the heart of our business and we are committed to ensure that customers are treated fairly. However, we understand that there will be occasions when things go wrong and when this happens, we want to ensure that complaints are resolved fairly and at the earliest possible opportunity.
We publish our complaints data every six months in accordance with the regulatory requirements. So you can see how we’ve done, we’ve provided below a summary of our complaints data from April to September 2016.
Complaints Data April – September 2016
Firm Name: State Bank of India, UK
Period Covered in this report: 1 April 2016 to 30 September 2016
Brand/trading names covered: State Bank of India, UK
|
Number of complaints opened |
Number of complaints closed |
Complaints closed within 8 weeks (%) |
Closed complaints upheld by firm (%) |
Banking and credit cards |
623 |
613 |
99.84% |
57.10% |
Home finance |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
General insurance and pure protection |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Decumulation, life and pensions |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Investments |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Credit-related |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Complaints Data October 2016 – March 2017
Firm Name: State Bank of India, UK
Period Covered in this report: 1 October 2016 to 31 March 2017
Brand/trading names covered: State Bank of India, UK
Product/Service Group |
Number of complaints opened by volume of business |
No. of complaints opened |
No. of complaints closed |
% closed within 3 days |
% closed after 3 days but within 8 weeks |
% upheld |
Main cause of complaints opened |
Banking & Credit Cards |
5.57 per 1,000 accounts |
532 |
534 |
49% |
51% |
54% |
General admin/customer service |
Home Finance |
9.13 per 1,000 balances outstanding |
2 |
2 |
0 |
100% |
50% |
Information, sums/charges or product performance |
Insurance and Pure Protection |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Decumulation & Pensions |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Investments |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Credit Related |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |