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Barclays: Current account reviews

4.47
Based on 4,876 reviews, last reviewed 27th Jun 2025
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Latest highest rating:

5

Best barclays Hi, I’m a customer of Barclays Bank, provides good services and i want to be it’s customer for long Reviewed on: 27th June 2025
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Latest lowest rating:

1

Disappointing for loyal customers If you're looking for a current account that gives you something back, Barclays might disappoint. The standard account pays no interest on your balanc... Read more Reviewed on: 11th April 2025
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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 (4876)

Great bank for second chances

5
Having fallen into debt which I couldn't afford to repay as I should have done, I tried to open a current account with Barclays, but with a bad credit score I expected to be turned down. I wasn't. Not only did they give me the current account, but they allowed a couple of small "blips" go through without penalizing me. Thanks Barclays. Reviewed on: 30th November 2016

good

5
good customer service always friendly and want to tesolve your issue Reviewed on: 29th November 2016

Very good Banking

5
Ive been with barclays for 15 years now and all my family members are also ith barclays. i find barclays are easy to bank with and simple. Theres always a branch close by if i need to go into one, however everything is done online nowadays so there online services are great Reviewed on: 29th November 2016

meh

3
not very different or exciting. completely average Reviewed on: 28th November 2016

No problems at all

5
I have never had any problems with customer service at all Reviewed on: 26th November 2016

Good

5
Ive been with them for 3y now and never had any issues. Quick response and staff are always helpful in branch Reviewed on: 24th November 2016

Terrible customer service

2
I'd been considering joining Barclays for a while, and after seeing the services they offered and how modern it looked as a bank, I decided to apply. Signing up was very easy yet after so long, I was noticing problems with their customer services. I opened an ISA with them not 100% knowing the rules, and I held one elsewhere, so I went into branch to close the Barclays one down, the lady was so condescending and warned me I would probably get taken to court by HMRC for tax evasion. Despite me having the account open around a week with no contributions. Anyway after that, I had a technical issue and was put through to their Indian call centre although there was a severe language barrier and I ended up fixing the problem myself. Same with their Barclaycard credit card service, there was a technical problem where I couldn't pay my bill early, so I phoned them up and got put through to the debt collection department instead. Reviewed on: 20th November 2016

Could do better

4
Big problem with overseas calls centres - just does not work talking to somebody who has no experience of a UK bank account and cannot speak english anyway Reviewed on: 19th November 2016

great company!

5
never had a problem with barclays, always on hand to help with anything, been woith them nearly 10 years and will stay for years to come! Reviewed on: 19th November 2016

Good service, pity about their ethics

5
I have found Barclays very efficient and their online banking really reliable. However, I will move bank at some point as I dislike how they invest their money. Reviewed on: 17th November 2016

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