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ABS Group Named "Best Bank for Customer Service" for Third Consecutive Year

May 5, 20264 min readBy ABS Group Communications

For the third consecutive year, ABS Group Holdings has been named "Best Bank for Customer Service" by the Financial Industry Review — the most rigorous independent assessment of banking customer experience conducted annually across 300+ financial institutions.

Best Bank for Customer Service
Financial Industry Review — 2026
3rd Consecutive Year

What the Award Recognises

The Financial Industry Review's Customer Service Excellence Award evaluates institutions across 14 criteria, including response time, resolution rate, digital channel availability, staff knowledge, complaint handling, and Net Promoter Score (NPS). ABS Group Holdings achieved a 97% customer satisfaction rating — the highest score recorded in the award's 18-year history.

The review assessed over 15,000 customer interactions across phone, email, live chat, and branch channels between January and December 2025.

Key Metrics Behind the Award

97%
Customer Satisfaction Score
<90s
Average Phone Response Time
96%
First-Contact Resolution Rate
24/7
Support Availability

"Winning this award once was meaningful. Winning it three consecutive times tells us we've built something sustainable — a culture where every team member genuinely cares about the people they serve."

— Jonathan M. Hargrove, CEO, ABS Group Holdings

Our Customer Service Commitment

ABS Group Holdings employs over 2,400 customer service professionals across 12 global support centres. Every agent completes 80+ hours of training before taking their first customer call, with ongoing quarterly refreshers on products, compliance, and empathy techniques.

In 2025, we handled 14.2 million customer contacts across all channels with a complaint rate of less than 0.08% — the lowest in the banking sector among institutions of comparable size.

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