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Making a complaint

Our commitment

We endeavour to do everything we can to make sure our customers receive the best possible service, and we don’t like letting people down. If you do experience an issue or a problem, we will do everything we can to fix it as quickly as we are able.

How to make a complaint

Email

You can email us on

Personal and business savings: complaints@recognisesavings.co.uk
Lending: complaints@recognisebank.co.uk

Phone

You can call us on

Personal and business savings: 0345 872 7888
Lending: 0800 118 1652

By Post

Personal savings:

RUBH-ZZBS-LYAE
Recognise Bank
PO Box 921
Wallsend
NE28 5EJ

Business savings:

RUBH-ZZBS-LYAU
Recognise Bank
PO Box 921
Wallsend
NE28 5EJ

Lending:

Recognise Bank
4th Floor, Henry Thomas House
5-11 Worship Street
London
EC2A 2BH

 

The contact details above are for complaints only. For all other enquiries, please visit our contact us page.

Information we need when you submit a complaint

To help us resolve your complaint as quickly as possible, please provide us with the following:

  • Full name
  • Address
  • Contact number
  • Account details
  • Description of the complaint
  • When the issue happened

Our complaints process

We’ll aim to acknowledge and resolve your complaint and write to you by email or letter (depending on how you contacted us) within three working days and provide a final response within eight weeks.

If you’re unhappy with the outcome

If you don’t agree with the outcome of your complaint or eight weeks have passed since you first brought your complaint to our attention, you may refer to the Financial Ombudsman Service.

If you wish to contact them it should be within six months from the date we send you a final response or summary resolution to you or six years from the date of your first complaint.

Phone

0800 023 4567

(or +44 20 7964 0500 from outside of UK)

Post

The Financial Ombudsman Service Exchange Tower

London E14 9SR

The contact details above are for complaints only. For all other enquiries, please visit our contact us page.

Steve Pateman
Independent Non-executive Director

Steve has had an extensive executive career in banking, leading corporate and commercial banking businesses at RBS/NatWest, managing Santander’s UK banking businesses and as CEO of Shawbrook Bank, Hodge Banking Group and successfully leading the banking licence application for StreamBank.

He is the Chair of Bank of Ireland and an INED at Bank of Ireland Group and Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank. He was previously President of the Chartered Banker Institute and holds advisory roles with Kingsley Healthcare and Black Lion Ventures.

Steve took up the role of Chair at Recognise Bank in November 2024, having served as an Investor Non-executive Director since January 2024.