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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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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

No More Local Branch

No way to access counter services any more. Reviewed on: 13th September 2022

very good bank

They care about safety, good customer service Reviewed on: 8th September 2022

Awful bank

I hate this bank with a rageful passion. Site is always down, phone lines always busy and yet they randomly decide to close my accounts on many occasions for entirely legitimate transactions, saying the only way to open them again is to waste an hour in a phone queue. Randomly froze my card a few months ago, called up and they basically just said oops don't know how that happened. THEY FROZE ALL MY MONEY AS AN 'OOPS'. How on earth do you accidentally freeze an entire account?!?!?! Ridiculous. I'm writing this as I'm on hold with them right now because they froze my account again last week after I dared to try and pay my flat deposit to an entirely legitimate company. I ended up paying the deposit through my account with Starling Bank and they just made me fill in a few extra details and provide some documentation to show the transaction was legit and it went through fine. Took 5 minutes and guess what? I can still access my starling bank account! So basically Lloyd's is useless and stupid and there are infinite better alternatives to this awful bank. Words cannot explain the hatred I have for this bank - can't wait to leave!!!!!! Reviewed on: 27th August 2022

Used to be no 1

Lloyd used to be a great bank with excellent customer service.. now you are on hold for 1 hour min hoping it will put you off and if you get near the hour the call goes dead so you have to start over Despicable service and and clearly no regard for customers Reviewed on: 20th August 2022

Closing a 15year olds account

Closing an account for my 15 years old fostered young person.. who was very proud to have bank card.. no explanation so we could fix it Shame on you Lloyds.. your bank used to be good Reviewed on: 15th August 2022

Excellent service

I have banked with lloyds bank for a long time now and they are more than happy to help during difficult times Reviewed on: 11th August 2022

Absolutely useless,

Absolutely useless, Now on my 3rd card in two weeks, I found out how to make it work, nothing on website or correspondence, they don't answer the phone. Double stroppy staff, perhaps because the bank is going bust Reviewed on: 2nd August 2022

Thieving scumbags

Do not go to them! They are shockingly bad. I was a victim of fraud and they are refusing to refund my money leaving me without being able to pay my rent and bills and not being able to feed my family. Coming up with ridiculous reasons why they can’t give the money back, like asking why the fraudsters used contactless payment method.. then getting told that the only way to get my money back is if I catch the fraudsters and bring my them in for questioning. Never ever have I heard anything so ridiculous and stupid in my life. They are patronising and condescending and lack even the most basic people skills. Discriminate against disabilities and make you feel like you are at fault. They steal from their customers and are not there to help you at all. Reviewed on: 29th July 2022

Good banking

They been a good banking services Reviewed on: 8th July 2022

Fairly Proficient

Lloyd’s could be better with its services and east in the stringent policies. Reviewed on: 8th July 2022

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