Barclays Bank Reviews

I have been a very happy Barclays customer for 6 years now. Not very long admittedly, but I am only 19. I first opened an account when I was 13. I only had about £5 in there for years, until I got a job! Barclays are very helpful, and they do everything for you. When I turned 16, I was awaiting my GCSE results. Barclays sent me a letter ...  Read the complete review

for students and graduates it is good value for money - Advantages: very useful, specially for students, good overdraft limit - Disadvantages: low interest on your money

I hate them. I started an account with them when I was 10 and it went downhill from there! Over my 22 years with them, I have had two Barclaycards and a Connect card, all of which were used fraudulently. Direct Debits were stopped without my asking and I was not informed until the mortgage company contacted my after my endowment failed to be ...  Read the complete review

Barclays was the first bank that I ever opened an account with, and it is a decision which has haunted me for many years since then. In 1993, a friend who I met through work turned out to be a professional con man. He gained lots of information about me which was very easy as we were flat mates. I must add that he had done this to other ...  Read the complete review

Change Banks !!! to one who appreciates your business - Advantages: Many Branches - Disadvantages: Poor customer service desk, Very quick to slap on charges, Feel they are out to get cash out of you!

I've been with Barclays for 13 years now and never had a problem with them. There student and then graduate service once you finish university is very good. And I never had any issues when needing an overdraft or increasing the limit. Thank god I didnt have NatWorst in my student days as their campus branch were very stingey when it came to ...  Read the complete review

I signed up with Barclays when I started at university 6 years ago. In my university branch (City University) I was very pleased with the service. I felt I had a real "relationship" with the personal bankers - they even sent me a birthday card - and I rarely had to queue longer than a few years. As a student, they agreed an ...  Read the complete review

A national newspaper recently reported that Halifax was 'about to do a Barclays'. The article was reporting about how Halifax was heading 'for the same spectacular fall from consumer popularity that Barclays did in the late 1990s, something which the giant has never been able to shake off'. This is in reference to, or ...  Read the complete review

I was somewhat surprised, shocked, and upset with Barclays’ decision to refuse my recent overdraft request. I was even more shocked when Barclays asked for the overdraft to be repaid, withdrawing my student facilities, and advising I should abandon my degree just seven months before graduation. I am staggered at the unaccommodating ...  Read the complete review

I am leaving Barclays. Barclays has 'links to the bin Ladens' and to the selling of military equipment to the Third World. Over the years that I was a customer of Barclays, they provided often lousy, could-not-care-less service. I was living in Asia. I had lots of money invested with Barclays and I had a Barclays Visa card. I used ...  Read the complete review

Well here I am back, on the wonderful (amongst other things) money earning site that is Dooyoo, after a prolonged absence and what topic shall be my returning opinion be on? Money… how um, appropriate? Barclays, the well-known banking company, less well known for its amazing TV adverts, but hey that is another matter. This account ...  Read the complete review

Barclays was the first bank that I ever opened an account with, and it is a decision which has haunted me for many years since then. In 1993, a friend who I met through work turned out to be a professional con man. He gained lots of information about me which was very easy as we were flat mates. I must add that he had done this to other ...  Read the complete review

Altogether, not a bad site. Certainly more convenient than visiting personally or contacting via the telephone! I like the way I can set up payments in a matter of minutes. I found this paticularly useful as I have often had to make one-off payments. The only snag is that if you accidently click more than once on a paticular item, it logs you out ...  Read the complete review

After my mother had her bankcards stolen when she was on a recent holiday to Majorca, I have been forced to change my opinion about Barclays Bank. The cards were stolen in Palma Nova around midday on the last Thursday of her holiday. By 10am on the Friday, we had a letter sent first class from Barclays Bank asking us to confirm some ...  Read the complete review

I mainly use the barclays.co.uk website to access my accounts. I have no real need to go into the branch anymore, unless I have a major problems which is rare. If you are new to computing and surfing you would find their site and set-up rather long winded and over complicated. Register online and wait for the snail mail ...  Read the complete review

To be honest I don't expect much out of a bank. I don't know anything about how to make my money make more money, or what services some banks may be providing that I'm not getting. All I want is a glorified mattress, with holes in the wall, and accurate statements. I've been with Barclays all my life, since Mum and Dad set ...  Read the complete review

I would definetely recommend them, the staff are always so polite and helpful. - Advantages: Polite Service, Friendly, They explain things fully - Disadvantages: Not enough personal bankers, sometimes you have to queue for a long time

I have been with Barclays since completely losing patience with my previous bank, Nat West, in about 1992. What happened then was that, after years of offering a service ranging from middling to teeth-grindingly awful, Nat West refused to reinstate my student account when I returned to college for my MSc. I toured the local major bank ...  Read the complete review

Talk about being just a number and not recognised for who or what you are. When I was a student , all the Bank's courted us like crazy. At University we were approached by all the major UK PLC's trying to convince us to come and work for them. When we Graduated the Bank wanted to lend me lots of money to buy a ...  Read the complete review

OK so Barclays Premier doesn't have the same ring as Coutts, Childs, Hoares and Adam & Company. The cheque books and cards are a bit naff too. The service - out of this world. Starting with a dedicated account transfer team who phone you to tell you how things are going. Add a manager who is genuinely qualified (ACIB and FPC) and who ...  Read the complete review