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Name: Business Banking
Rating: 3.19 (220 reviews)

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Based on 220 reviews, last reviewed 14th Jan 2025

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recommend 100% you will not be disappointed choosing barclays for your business Reviewed on: 18th August 2023

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Be prepared for interrogation Trying to open a business account with these guys was like trying to get blood out of a stone....1st it couldn't link my company details to the compan... Read more Reviewed on: 14th January 2025

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Be prepared for interrogation

Trying to open a business account with these guys was like trying to get blood out of a stone....1st it couldn't link my company details to the companies house and took them 3 days to update...then once done I get integrated for my beauty company.....then when done and tried to pass the identity I had to go into the branch and they told me my water bill will not be accepted....then when I had my broadband bill on phone they said it had to be paper copy so I told them to print it they refused....anyway once I sent the print they took pictures of me and my passport then I was told it will take another 7 days to approve. So I have told them to cancel the whole thing....went to wise account opened with 1 hour. Reviewed on: 14th January 2025

Constant ID reviews.

Constant ID reviews are asked for. No matter how often you send the info. they dont seem to file it away or bother to read it. We have been with them thirty years and still they don’t know who we are. Today yet another review on. Pain of closing the count if we dont send it. Just awful awful customer relations. Reviewed on: 8th October 2024

Use staff that English is their first language!!

Using the business credit card and using 2 factor authentication is pathetic but even worse is dealing with the noisy background customer service team that can hardly speak English let alone understand English. Clearly the people that decide to outsource customer service to a country that English is a second or third language NEVER have to call the call centre!! Reviewed on: 8th October 2024

I would give zero stars if I could.

I would give zero stars if I could. I have a small business and opened a Barclays business account. They phoned me out the blue and said they were from Know Your Customer team and asked for birth date, mother’s maiden name… I said sorry I don’t know who you are, was a bit rude and hung up. They then put a red mark against my name and account and for over a year have been demanding details about the business - making me complete forms of information, repeatedly said there’s missing details. They have frozen access to my bank account over 25 times in the last year. I’ve spent weeks worth of time talking to them to unfreeze it so I can pay people and receive income… it’s been awful. I have contract that pay in so it’s hard to switch banks. I put in a complaint and they closed that after two days without talking to me to resolve anything. Stay away from them if you are thinking of using them. This is harassment and I’ve thought of giving up on the business at times when I’ve been trying to pay things only to find my account frozen and it’s an hour wait in call centre queue to explain the issues yet again… Reviewed on: 25th September 2024

Horrible systems and service

Applied for a currency account 6 weeks ago. Was told it would take max 6 weeks before it was opened. Before then I would hear from the relevant department. Nothing has happened. I have chased this many times only to find out that they had lost my documents and had not done anything, but that they would now fast track the application. That was nearly 4 weeks ago. Nothing has happened. I will be leaving barclays after this horrible experience. I will close my business and personal account. Reviewed on: 27th May 2024

Three months to get a reply to a letter.

Dropped them after many years, after closure of all local business departments and branches. Awful communication problems, since I have problem on the phone. No email or chat, no contact form, no chatbot even! 3 months to get a reply to a letter! Reviewed on: 29th February 2024

Terrible customer service, lack of branches

Terrible customer service, lack of branches Reviewed on: 20th February 2024

Untrained staff.

Untrained staff. No branches, no attractive products Reviewed on: 15th February 2024

Closed my business account without giving a reason

I received a notice saying i got 6 weeks before my account is closed. There was no reason on the letter why the account is being closed. The account has never been overdrawn, no arrears or late payments. I called Barclays business team a few times, spent about 3 hours on the phone with them. Now, i am switching to another bank. Do not want to have an account with a bank that can close it without a reason Reviewed on: 1st December 2023

Closed accounts - they keep the money

As others have said they closed my business account and have kept the money. No one can actually explain it but it's to do with not updating information (which I did). No notice - just closure. If you are running a business under £2m turnover they have no interest (nobody on the board is responsible for small business - only Enterprise sized companies). Like others I'm in limbo with the KYC team clueless and me having no ability to accept or send money to anybody. if you have circa £10K to waste open an account. if not don't go near them - they have no interest in small companies any more. And given they have shut both local branches there's little point in using them over the newer more agile on-line banks. Reviewed on: 21st November 2023

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