I am a Platinum client of ABSA, having been a customer of theirs for nearly 20 years now, After spending 3 years working overseas I returned to SA (JHB) in July last year. Despite visiting my ABSA branch on 5 occasions since then to request a new personal banker - and despite the ABSA call centre calling me as recently as last month to asertain if I had any problems they could attend to, and then promising that 'someone' would call me to 'sort this out' - it is now almost 9 months since getting back and I still have no personal banker, cheque book or credit card with my bank!!! 9 months!!! read full review »