Virgin Money Australia Reviews 

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TrustScore 1 out of 5

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Considering 53 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall, describing terrible service and ongoing banking difficulties across multiple products. Many customers frequently stated that they were completely locked out of their personal accounts and unable to access their hard-earned savings or complete basic online transfers when urgently needed. Some reviewers were not happy with the extremely long phone wait times, often remaining stuck on hold for hours without ever speaking to a live representative. Additionally, consumers pointed out that staff members were frequently unhelpful, dismissive, and entirely unable to resolve critical financial problems or frustrating technical issues.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Like so many others, we are locked out of online banking and the only solution is to call Virgin Money. We have spent hours on hold to speak to someone before needing to give up each time. We have no... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Deplorable service. They updated their ‘platform’ three weeks ago and I have encountered multiple problems accessing my account, checking transaction and simply trying to get answers. Have spent hours... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst Customer service and don’t even go above or beyond at all for you Requested an account closure statement after confirming balance paid which was paid instantly. It’s been over 5 days, no... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They've cancelled our home insurance as soon as we mentioned that we are planning to add extension. So much for assurance with insurance. the worst company we ever dealt with. Today's Virgin is no lon... See more


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  1. Bank
  2. Financial advisor
  3. Insurance agency
  4. Mortgage broker

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You probably know the Virgin brand – trusted globally and well-known for shaking things up and providing real alternatives when we think people deserve a fairer go. It’s in our DNA to challenge the norm and do things differently. We’re passionate about helping Australians realise bigger possibilities through the delivery of beautifully simple and rewarding financial products, all backed by Virgin’s legendary customer service. We reject the notion of complex financial services. Instead we aim for clarity and simplicity in everything we do.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I paid in full my account

I paid in full my account. Asked for proof of this for a home loan. It’s has been over a week and still no email. Multiple calls and each time different excuses why they haven’t emailed yet. Asked to speak with a team leader and placed on hold for over 40minutes. Disgusting

8 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

There is a glitch in there computer…

There is a glitch in there computer system and can't transfer out they said 2 weeks till it gets fixed with IT have filled in a form3 times for them to manually transfer keep telling me it's wrong. So basically I have no monies and they don't care

1 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Virgin Money Insurance...Avoid at all costs

Worst insurance company ever. Have spent over 4 hours on the phone dealing with customer service staff. I'm now on my 9th different person and each time they put you on hold and you then get transferred to another person who you then have to go through the verification process. The person insured with them smashed into my car and it has been assessed as a write off by 2 panel shops but we are still trying to find out what the assessors says about the valuation. We have been waiting for over a month. DO NOT TAKE AN INSURANCE POLICY OUT WITH THIS INSURANCE COMPANY

2 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Outdated App, Poor Support, and Hidden Fees

I've been with Virgin Money for five years, and honestly, nothing has improved in that time. The app is still as basic and clunky as it was back then — it’s overcomplicated for simple tasks and feels outdated.

Customer support is just as underwhelming as their services. There’s no real intention to improve or even be a little helpful. They can’t even provide basic things like CSV files.

On top of that, their communication is unclear, there are hidden fees, and I’ve had issues with interest not being paid correctly. It’s just a very outdated and frustrating experience overall.

11 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

WASTE of TIME, TERRIBLE SERVICE

Please, learn from my experience....this is the worst service ever, the worst card ever, do not waste your time. The customer care team have no idea what they are doing, if there is an issue....and there will be an issue, they do not know what to do. You will be passed around to 10 different people. when you do get someone you wont be able to hear them clearly, or understand them. AVOID VIRGIN MONEY

5 May 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst Bank

Closed account and they could not give me a statement for my last months of transactions. Told me I had to go into BOQ branch to get the statements. BOQ said they could not give me Virgin Money statements. The only option I had was to ring the call center again and they could not do anything either. Virgin Money has been the worst bank I have had to deal with. I will never use them again.

16 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Cancelled my policy on the spot when informed them of renovation as they required

I had used Virgin Money for home insurance for more than 10 years. When I informed them that I would start a small renovation, which their rules requires that I do, they cancelled the policy on the spot without even a discussion. Not even a price increase which I would have been happy to pay, they simply cancelled it, leaving us without any insurance. Simply appalling

9 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Call centre Indian sounded like he'd…

Call centre Indian sounded like he'd just woken up or chemically impaired. Very slow talker with a negative demeanour. Have also been hung up on by them in the past only to receive a call from a different number attempting to pick up where we left off- just reeks of security concerns. Long time customer. Losing faith in the service.

5 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I've only been using my account as a…

I've only been using my account as a saving account and it had become time to transfer some of the saving over to another bank because I had asked for another bank card to be sent out and magically nothing had arrived,so I go to transfer the money needed via the bank app and I'm locked out.What is normally an easy thing to get fixed turns out to be a nightmare,three days into an uncountable amount of phone calls to which I'm convinced now that some of them just hung up,I'm unable to have my account unblocked,it was due to an ap I had downloaded which I have now deleted,but they wantit fully reset and I'm not will to do so,I have over $2000 worth of online gift card that the makers only allow to have on one device at a time and o explained this to them but they still want it reset,so I've offered other devices that aren't link to that particular phone and they then go on to tell me that I would need to email receipts for both devices to before I could use them,this bank is a dead set joke,it's been nothing but problems since the start,the people they have employed in head office as nd the ones they employ to answer our calls are useless,I now know this as I was to it would be ok,just head into the branch and it will be fixed up there.......this coming from the bank itself......thing is there are no branches to attend,it's all done online and via phone.I now sit here broke,homeless in two days cause I need to pay my rent but am unable to access the many thousands of dollars I have that they are withholding from me,I've told the many days In advance that I was running out of money but they don't care,this bank is a joke and should be shut down,Pathetic.Dont waste your time!

12 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Abhorrent fees

Purchased a product from an overseas seller and while I understand there are international transaction fees I wasn't expecting $130 for a computer to change one currency to another! It's not like they are paying someone a wage to do it. It's a computer to another computer. My nab debit card is international fee free so it really makes you wonder how a company like virgin can rip people off and yet nab bank can absorb the fee. Both cards are no annual fee so I don't understand. But I will be closing the account and I will NEVER recommend them to anyone. Stay away from them.

11 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

An absolute disgrace

I'm quite disgusted by this bank having hiked rates up shortly after every rate increase, but upon the first reduction openly refusing to drop its rate like most other institutions.
Go elsewhere! If this disgraceful bunch aren't looking out for its customers when the first sought after cut is announced, when will they ever?
Time to move bank asap.

26 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I will never use this credit card…

I will never use this credit card again!!! The absolute worst! I joined because they had a promotion that they will give you 90 000 points when you spend a certain amount over the first 2 months. I spent it and didn’t receive all the points. More than 6 months later and I have been going back and forth with them about how to get all my points!! I want to use them for travel but I can’t. It’s a constant back and forth with them! Why do they lie!?

12 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Misleading & Arbitrary Process

Misleading & Arbitrary Process – Avoid Virgin Money Super

UPDATE- Had to go through resolution team as everyone else led me to believe there was nothing that could be done. In the end the money was released- It took 2-3months of back and froths but it was released.

Virgin Money Super’s "Completing Proof of Identity" document is misleading and does not align with their own processing criteria. Despite following their stated requirements, including using a Notary Public, as permitted, they arbitrarily rejected my valid documents.

For two and a half months, there was no mention of any deadline in their communications. Yet, they used a so-called missed deadline as an excuse to wrongfully close my application. Their lack of transparency and inconsistent document handling have caused unnecessary delays and frustration.

👎 1/5 – Unreliable, misleading, and unprofessional. Avoid.

10 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

**LOOK ELSEWHERE!**

**LOOK ELSEWHERE!** Thieves and scammers abound here. I have not had access to my own money for two weeks. Whenever I log into the app to transfer my funds, it says, ‘Whoops! Something went wrong—please try again.’ I called customer service, only to be told they can only raise a ticket to IT. I still haven’t gotten my money Please, please do not bank with them or start making arrangements to withdraw your money NOW

9 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Useless Virgin Money app

Virgin Money Australia has a non-functional app. It shows that it is locked and logging in is impossible.
Since setting up the app I have not been able to log in. Useless.
And now, since yesterday (8 Feb 25) even their website is down. :(((((

9 February 2025
Unprompted review

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