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Lloyds Bank: Classic Account reviews

Name: Classic Account
Rating: 4.05 (705 reviews)

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3.93

Based on 705 reviews, last reviewed 3rd Feb 2025

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in the past 90 days

50% decrease in 1 star reviews

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Latest highest rating:

5

Excellent service and support, no problems Excellent service and support, no problems Reviewed on: 3rd February 2025

Latest lowest rating:

1

Lloyds Bank refuses my payments by bank transfers. Lloyds Bank refuses my payments by bank transfers. to my builder and to a financial institution at the branch. I had my passport with me. They asked m... Read more Reviewed on: 21st December 2024

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The Lloyds Classic Account is fee free for use in the UK, providing your account balance doesn’t go below £0.

The Lloyds Classic Account can be serviced via the app and you can earn up to 15% cashback on spending with selected retailers.

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Lloyds Bank Classic Account reviews (705)

Review of the Lloyds Bank, Classic Account:

Utterly Horrific Experience if You Have Special Needs!

I would give Lloyds Bank zero stars if I could. My experience has been utterly horrific, and I would never recommend them to anyone - especially not those with disabilities or specific needs. Their banking app is completely redundant, as every payment I attempted was blocked with a message instructing me to phone them. I am very severely ill, speech-impaired, and require a relative to speak on my behalf, but Lloyds is not set up to handle customers like me. I first tried using the Relay service to call, but their automated system didn’t allow enough time to input my details before disconnecting. After three hours of exhausting effort on the Relay service, enduring long holds and being hung up on twice, in the end I was told I needed to call a different team at a different time! The next day, with my father’s help, we called again. Despite listing my needs on my application, Lloyds staff showed no understanding of what speech-impairment or severe neurological illness entails. I was forced to speak, despite my extreme limitations, just to confirm basic details. After all that effort, the payment still didn’t go through. A second call was required, where I faced a clueless representative who refused to proceed unless I kept speaking, despite my father being there to handle everything. The ordeal took 45 minutes and caused such a severe relapse in my illness that my paralysis is worsened. To make things worse, Lloyds refused to accept my parents’ Power of Attorney because my account was newly opened. In frustration, I decided to transfer my balance back to my original bank - only for Lloyds to block the transfer yet again, despite it being to an account in my own name!! This entire experience has been a nightmare. First Direct handles similar situations with a simple text confirmation system - no unnecessary calls, no reliving the same exhausting process repeatedly. Meanwhile, Lloyds is stuck in the dark ages, ignoring modern, accessible systems like app-based authentication codes. Lloyds have caused me immense stress, wasted my time, and made my health worse. I will never use them again, and I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone, especially not those with disabilities or complex needs. They're appalling and completely unacceptable. They failed me at every turn, from their lack of accessibility to their outdated processes and poor understanding of my needs as a customer with a severe illness. The fact that they forced me to endure such an ordeal - resulting in worsened health and paralysis - is not just frustrating but downright harmful. Their refusal to take Power of Attorney into account, combined with constant payment blocks (even for transfers to myself), shows a complete lack of regard for customer care and a failure to adapt to modern, inclusive banking practices. Reviewed on: 3rd December 2024

Nice

Good support for customers and interest rates are low Reviewed on: 21st February 2023

Good

They are another bank that treated me fairly Reviewed on: 18th February 2023

Helpful and Honest

I spent a lot of time in branch when disconnecting financially from my ex husband and they was nothing but patient and helpful. Reviewed on: 9th February 2023

Not impressed

Got my bank closed for no reason which put me in a very bad financial situation Reviewed on: 8th February 2023

Used to be good

I have been banking with Lloyds for a long time and they haven't offered me anything useful and have kept all my accounts even my savings locked into low interest rates and never offered me any overdraft or anything. They have only provided basic banking services and I used to like them because compared to other banks they didn't have ridiculous security for simple things and didn't spy on you but now it's changed and there's really no point banking with them anymore, they don't provide me with anything but a very simple bank account and don't value me as a customer even though I'm a high earner and have a lot of savings. The good thing about them compared to other banks was that they were good for international transfers but now there's others available that are better Reviewed on: 8th February 2023

Couldn't be happier

Lloyds are always brilliant in branch. Their app and service lines are always fantastic. Reviewed on: 8th February 2023

Good Overall

A basic account for beginners but a safe one Reviewed on: 8th February 2023

Online banking

Reliable and easy to open online bank account. Reviewed on: 7th February 2023

Great

No issues really, works, not sent loads of emails of anything. Just lets me get on with things and if I have an issue its resolved quick Reviewed on: 5th February 2023

Great service thank you!

Could not recommend them more - very pleased! Reviewed on: 3rd February 2023

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