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Barclays: Current account reviews

Name: Current account
Rating: 4.5 (4920 reviews)

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4.50

Based on 4,920 reviews, last reviewed 3rd Mar 2026

2900% 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

I am proud to be a member of a society full of hospi... I am proud to be a member of a society full of hospitality. Been in situations with online banking ,Barclays never fail me. Reviewed on: 3rd March 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 (4920)

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

Amazing

I really love this bank - best in the UK Reviewed on: 24th January 2023

100% Incompetency rate experienced as a Customer of more than a decade.

I am disabled, they knew this, they closed my account without any noticed recently and claimed it was legal because it is in their TOS, it's not legal to do that to a vulnerable adult. They did it because I was trying to dispute a charge back that they had failed to dispute with VISA on my behalf some months ago even though I had called in about it multiple times and they re-assured me that they where looking into it when in actual fact they had done nothing. This also constitutes fraud as they deployed their TOS wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain to themselves. But this is no surprise, even when I had a business account with them, when I reported to close it so that I would not run into any fees they failed to do so and I accumulated fee's that they had to strike off because the call of me requesting to call it had been logged. As a customer, they never did anything they said they would, which all ended up costing me money, in the end rather than to accept their incompetency and pay back the charge-back out of their own pockets they decided it would be a better business decision to just terminate the account of a disabled adult so that I could not dispute it. When they forced me, a disabled adult, to go to a branch to findout why I received a barrage of text messages informing me that direct debits had been cancelled they told me that my account had been closed, when I asked about the charge-back I was disputing they said that I could no longer dispute it. When I requested they send me 3 months of historical statements they sent me back incomplete fragments of statements spanning back 7 months basically 4 pages with 11 transactions on each page for a 7 month period... The incompetency is astounding, as a customer they never did anything I requested of them, and my final request that they sent me statements, they could not even do that properly! I was with Santander prior and deeply regret leaving them, but in 2011 Barclays pressured me into closing my account with Santander when I was only looking to open a business account with Barclays. Reviewed on: 23rd January 2023

Barclays Bank account

Have banked for years but concerned with their fossil fuel investments and others quite annoying text system when setting up standing orders or alerts Reviewed on: 21st January 2023

Not That Bad

They have made mistakes and has taken time to rectify but mistakes have been rectified and their services continue to improve Reviewed on: 21st January 2023

Good basic bank account offered

Been a customer for decades. Overall fairly satisfied with service. Reviewed on: 20th January 2023

Worst aftercare service experienced.

I had a business account which they closed in June 2022. However I'm now trying to get statements from 2021 and requested it electronically and Business Customer Services said for the past two weeks this will be emailed, but today I've been told this is not possible. wasted two weeks and I need to file my account with HMRC. Why can't I access my own information? With all the technology these days why is it so difficult to allow read only access to the account? Terrible aftercare for customers with closed accounts, obviously they can afford to pick and choose their clients. Reviewed on: 20th January 2023

Barclays premier current account

24/7 telephone assistant Alerts are free penny that comes out of your account stops any money going out of your account without your permission if it is not a recognised payment something out of the unusual that you would not normally do do if there's an issue or a misunderstanding your money will be returned same day all overall I would highly recommend Barclays premier current account to anyone Reviewed on: 16th January 2023

It's okay

It's a good starter bank, but there are definatley better options out there with a lot better interest rates! Reviewed on: 15th January 2023

Brilliant mobile banking app

I’ve banked with Barclays for about 40 years and always found them helpful and reliable. Their mobile banking app is the best I’ve seen and allows me to manage multiple bank accounts quickly and easily Reviewed on: 14th January 2023

Efficient

I have banked with Barclays for many years, and now use the App for most of my banking - which is great. It seems so much more efficient than most other people's reported experience of online or app banking! Reviewed on: 14th January 2023

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