Customers of the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. are disputing its latest recognition as the Best Bank in the Philippines, according to Euromoney.
Their main gripe: the bank’s online systems are painfully slow in giving out one-time PINs (OTPs), a security code meant to safeguard online payments and fund transfers.
What would have been a celebratory post on the Ty-owned lender’s Facebook page turned out to be a grievance desk as irked customers protested the award.
“This award is BS! Metrobank is one of the most difficult bank to deal with!!!,” one Facebook user said.
“Alam ba ng award giving body na yan na laging palpak OTP system ninyo? Yung feeling na ngayon mo gagawin transaction pero mamaya or bukas pa dadating OTP,” netizen Emman Santos Lopez wrote. “Sana all talaga. Tapos ang sisi sa network provider? Galing naman.”
Others took out their frustration on Twitter, reporting it’s a perennial problem despite several system upgrades.
@Metrobank wala na naman OTP para maka pag transfer? Ayusin nyo naman.
— Isabel Macabinquil (@IsabelMacabinq1) July 21, 2022
Ang tagal talaga mag send ng otp ng metrobank kahit normal na araw taena hahaha bano talaga
— Augustus Kurikuskus (@Cornyandhornyy) July 15, 2022
Taena mo metrobank mag send ka na otp gutom nako pre
— Augustus Kurikuskus (@Cornyandhornyy) July 21, 2022
