Customer Service Charter

Customer Service Charter

At Hong Leong Bank, we are committed to building a trustworthy and long lasting relationship with you, our customer. As we aim towards being a highly digital and innovative ASEAN financial services company, we strive to deliver banking experiences that are fair, simple, personalized and pro-active - a banking experience that is built around you.

 

This Customer Service Charter outlines our commitments, the standards of service you can expect from us and the various ways to get in touch with us.

 

As we work towards improving our standards of service, we aim to provide efficient and effective services to our customers. To this end, we have set out service time frames within which you, as our customer, can expect us to deliver the respective services better.

KEY PILLAR

We will continuously work towards improving the standards of service and our bank’s relationship with you will be guided by the following key pillars:

I. Know our customer

We aim to personalize your experience by understanding you as an individual and your needs. This allows us to:

  • Proactively anticipate your requirements.
  • Offer products and services that suit your needs.
 

Commitment

Target/Goal
1 We strive to help you find the right products and services that suit your needs.

a. Our knowledgeable staff will be available to serve you.

b. The information that we gather from you, which may include any banking form(s) that you have filled up and/or supporting documents provided by you, would help us to get to know you better.

II. Timely and efficient service

Service Level Target – 80% of customers are served within expected service level

We aim to deliver reliable banking experiences by:

  • Committing to deliver our target service standards to you.
  • Simplifying the steps to make managing your banking activities easy and hassle-free.
  • Our service standards should be your expected service standards; one that should be conscious of the value of your time
 

Commitment

Target/Goal
1

We strive to set a clear expectation on time taken for various services.

a. Information on time taken to deliver services to you is made through various channels (ie branch / brochures / Contact Center / website)

2 We strive to serve you promptly at our branches.

Customer Waiting Time:

  • Within 10 minutes.
  • Within 20 minutes complex /multiple transactions.

Customer Serving Time:

  • Within 5 minutes for simple transactions.
  • Within 25 minutes for complex transactions
3 We strive to attend to your account application at our branches.

Account Application Turnaround Time

(From full documents and information received).

a.      Open Basic Savings Account

  • New Customer: within 15 minutes.
  • Existing Customer: within 10 minutes.

b.      Open Basic Current Account

  • New Customer:  within 30 minutes.
  • Existing Customer:  within 15 minutes.

c.      Close Account Turnaround Time

  • Basic Savings Account: within 10 minutes.
  • Basic Current Account: within 20 minutes.

Note: The time taken as stated above does not include the time that we need to take as part of the onboarding process. We will also take time to introduce to you to our bank’s products and services

d.      Issuance of Visa Debit Card:

  • Within 5 working days.
4 We strive to efficiently attend to banking transactions.

a. Outward cut off times for remittance application submission as follows:

* At Branch counter service:

  • Domestic transfer with currency:
    • VND: 2 pm (amount less than VND 500 Million) & 3 pm (amount from VND 500 Million)
    • USD, EUR and GBP: 2:30 pm
    • AUD, SGD, HKD and JPY: 2:30 pm (*)
  • Oversea transfer with currency:
    • MYR: 10:30 am
    • USD, EUR and GBP:  2:30 pm.
    • AUD, SGD, HKD and JPY:  2:30 pm (*)
    • CAD : 3pm (*)

* Loan disbursement:

  • Domestic transfer with currency:
    • VND, USD, EUR and GBP: 4.00 pm (USD: above 10K)
    • AUD, SGD, HKD and JPY: 4:00 pm (*)
  • Oversea transfer with currency:
    • MYR, USD, EUR and GBP: 4:00 pm (USD: above 10K)
    • AUD, SGD, HKD and JPY:  4:00 pm (*)
    • CAD : 3pm (*)

 

b. Internet banking via Connect Biz:

  • Domestic transfer with currency:
    • VND: 3 pm
    • USD, EUR, GBP: 2:30 pm
    • AUD, SGD, HKD, JPY: 2:30 pm (*)
  • Overseas transfer with currency:
    • USD, EUR, GBP: 2:30 pm
    • MYR: 10:30 am
    • AUD, SGD, HKD, JPY: 2:30 pm (*)
    • CAD: 3pm (*)

Note:

- Before cut off time: processed on the same day.

- After cut off time: processed on next working day.

(*) : Payment must be informed 1 day prior to value date

5 We strive to process your product applications efficiently

Product Application Turnaround Time

  • Mortgage loan: 1- 6 working days (*)
  • Auto loan:  1- 4 working days (*)

(*) Applicable for applications with full and complete document received by HLBVN

6

We strive to attend to your enquiries and requests promptly.

a.   HLB Contact Center

We aim to resolve your enquiries within your first call. However, if a follow up is required, we aim to respond within 3 working days from date of 1st call for Non-complex Enquiry.

Where enquiry is complex, we will respond in a reasonable timeframe according to our internal policy and keep the customer updated.

Note: Non-Complex enquiry refers to straight forward request. Complex enquiry may involve escalations that may need to be referred to our support teams for further action.

 

b.   Written (Email, letter and Social Media)

  • For e-mail

i. We will issue an acknowledgement response within 3 working days provided that the email is addressed to ask@hlbvn.hongleong.com

ii. We will respond within 3 working days from date of receipt if enquiry is not complex.

iii. Where enquiry is complex, we will provide a reasonable timeframe according to our internal policy and keep you updated.

  • For letter

i. We will respond within 3 working days from the date of receipt if enquiry is not complex.

ii. Where enquiry is complex, we will respond in a reasonable timeframe according to our internal policy and keep you updated.

  • For Social Media (where applicable)

i. We will respond you within 1 working day from the time of receipt.

ii. For resolution:

- We will resolve within 3 working days from the time of receipt if enquiry is not complex.

- Where inquiry is complex, we will provide a reasonable timeframe and keep you updated accordingly.

III.  Fair, Transparent and personable service

We commit to conduct all our business dealings with you in a fair and transparent manner by:

  • Providing clear and accurate information on products and services 
  • Delivering personable and fair banking experiences through our physical and digital channels
 

Commitment

Target/Goal
1 We are open and transparent in our dealings.

a. You may obtain the following information from our branches, contact center as well as our Hong Leong Bank Viet Nam website at www.hlbank.com.vn

  • Fees, charges, penalties / compensation charges and relevant interest / profit rates and obligations of a banking product or service
  • Product related details (ie product disclosure sheets, terms and conditions). These are also shared at the point of sale

b. We are committed to provide you with fair and accurate information. This includes ensuring that all product information e.g. Terms and Conditions are, as far as possible, in plain language. No alteration of terms and conditions will be made without prior notification to you.

2 Our staff are trained to have adequate knowledge to assist and advise you on banking products and services.

a. Our service and sales personnel are knowledgeable about Bank’s products and services.

b. We will disclose and highlight critical terms of the product features, fees and charges, risks and benefits in a clear and concise manner

c. We will provide you with all the relevant information in a product disclosure sheet before you commit to any decision

d. We will conduct our sales, advertising and marketing of our financial services and products with integrity

3 We strive to provide you a personable service

a. We will exercise due care, skill and diligence from understanding your individual needs to advising you on banking products and service.

b. We will provide you with explanations in simple language and provide options that meet your needs.

c. We will offer you products and services that are relevant to your requirements and financial needs.

d. We aim to deliver a delightful service experience that fulfils your financial aspirations.

IV. Banking made accessible

We aim to make banking experiences convenient and easily accessible through a variety of channels

 

Commitment

Target/Goal
1 Our physical and digital channels are easily accessible.

We are here for you, easily accessible at your convenience via our various communication channels available to you.

a. Our branch network of 2 branches locally.

b. Call Centre at

- 1900633068: Within Vietnam

- (+84 28) 73008100: Overseas

 

c. Website at www.hlbank.com.vn .

d. Internet Banking and Hong Leong Mobile Banking application.

2 We provide customers with efficient services via our virtual platforms outside of normal banking hours.

We strive to serve our customers by ensuring that our virtual channels meet the following target service levels

a. Contact Centre – at least 80% calls are to be answered within 20 seconds.

b. Internet and Mobile Banking (service uptime / month) – 99%”.

3 We inform customers on the various options for more convenient banking.

We invite you to enjoy our products and services by:

a. Engaging our personnel at both branches and Contact Center.

b. Reading up on our latest campaigns and promotions.

c. Visiting our Hong Leong Bank Viet Nam website.

d. Accessing and experiencing our Internet Banking and Hong Leong Mobile Banking Application.

Please feel free to share your thoughts through any of the following channels:
HLBVN Branches
E-mail: voc@hlbvn.hongleong.com
Telephone:

  • Phone line at HCMC (+84 28) 6299 8100 - HN (+84 24) 6271030
  • PB Concierge line at HCMC (+84 28) 6299 8111 - HN (+84 24) 6271 0303

Mall in Correspondence: Customer Experience Management
Hong Leong Bank Vietnam Limited: Level 1 Centec Tower, 72-74 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Xuan Hoa Ward, HCMC, Vietnam

For enquiries connect with us online or drop by your nearest Hong Leong Bank Branch.