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Barclays: Current account reviews

Name: Current account
Rating: 4.5 (4919 reviews)

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4.50

Based on 4,919 reviews, last reviewed 20th Feb 2026

2800% increase in 5 star reviews

in the past 90 days

50% increase in 1 star reviews

in the past 90 days

77%

14%

Latest highest rating:

5

clear communicators they are clear communicators and always keep you updated on the benefits/ issues with your account Reviewed on: 20th February 2026

Latest lowest rating:

1

Very poor. Very poor. Got scammed no help would not recommend Reviewed on: 18th February 2026

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About this product

The Barclays Bank Account can be opened as a sole account or joint account and has no monthly fee.

The Barclays Bank Account can be managed via the mobile banking app and sends instant spending notifications. You can add optional insurance packs to your account for a fee.

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Barclays Current account reviews (4919)

Review of the Barclays, Current account:

Best high street banking app

The barclays app is the most user friendly out there and the features available are those which cannot be matched at the moment. Further their savings rates remain competitive Reviewed on: 4th June 2024

Money

Don’t bank with Barclays. Their policy of reconcile payments has left me with no money for my bills, my rent, my food, absolutely left me to die. They rob me of my money and blocked my account with no warning, notice or anything else. They literally let you to die, they don’t care. The worst people with no brain. If you bank with them keep money in another bank or you can suddenly wake up with all your money gone, no explanation, no warning, nothing. If there was a worst review than this I would have happily give them 1000 times…. Pathetic Reviewed on: 3rd July 2023

Decent bank not really had any issues

I been with Barclays for several years now and not had many issues apart from with the app which originally didn't let me sign up to it. Reviewed on: 3rd July 2023

Incompetent, Incapable and Inefficient

Our mortgage application was declined because apparently they 'could not verify the information' we provided. I have been a loyal customer of Barclays Bank for many years now since my adolescence, and I expected more from my trusted financial institution. As teachers in the public sector, my husband and I have always been employed and we have never been out of work. We are in a sector that recognises us as professionals and teaching is renowned to be a very stable career compared to many high paying jobs. Both our credit scores are excellent; we have always paid our mortgage on time, have cleared our debts, paid all our bills on time and despite this, our application was declined. Barclays gave us four days to obtain a P60. We had to retrieve a P60 from the previous employer, which took a long time to be sent. As an alternative and suggested by the government website, we took a screenshot of all the necessary details from our Government Gateway. We provided all the other necessary documents and information to support our application. We have always trusted Barclays Bank, but this recent experience has left us feeling let down, disappointed and frustrated. Their decline led us to miss our opportunity of a lower mortgage rate with our current lenders which had increased again and with only two weeks until the end of our mortgage, we ended staying with our lender at a much higher rate. I spoke to Barclays Complaints several times going back and forths. The Auditors obviously could not be bothered to read the information I had passed onto the complaints team and kept referring back to their very first vague email informing our broker that we were declined because 'partner 2 does not have a good track record of income'. This does not explain specifically why we were declined. After some back and forths, they told Complaints to inform us that 'information would not be verified' which does not match what they initially said. What information? They couldn't even tell us which information and told us to go to the financial ombudsman. You'd think being a teacher in the most stable sector for 15 years, information would easily be verified. Apparently not according to them. A pathetic financial institute with a team of terrible Auditors. I'd strongly recommend that you avoid banking with them. Reviewed on: 30th June 2023

Customer service

The customer service is OK, but the bank is no longer on the higher Street and this have an impact elderly and people who struggle with online technicalities Reviewed on: 26th June 2023

Worst bank,avoid

Very bad,avoid ,they not tell you nothing about what they doing Reviewed on: 22nd June 2023

rainy day

the rainy day savings account was easy to set up and it has an amazing interest rate Reviewed on: 18th June 2023

Banking

Easy to follow banking services online. Reviewed on: 16th June 2023

Pretty good

Pretty average but no issues with accounts. Online banking app is very good Reviewed on: 16th June 2023

Simple account

I have the standard account with blue rewards added on for the savings account rate. No issues Reviewed on: 11th June 2023

Very helpful

Really professional and very understanding Reviewed on: 2nd June 2023

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