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Review of the Barclays, Current account:

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Barclays blocked a transfer from my own Lloyds accou...

Barclays blocked a transfer from my own Lloyds account and held my money for days (and I'm worried it could turn into weeks or months), causing me financial loss and serious stress. Other banks like Lloyds and RBS resolved similar issues within hours, but Barclays' support was slow and unhelpful. They demanded proof of income and told me I'd have to wait at least two business days after submitting documents. The transfer came from a legitimate business account (NatWest), so I don't understand why Barclays doesn't trust other major banks. It's not like I deposited cash -everything was from verified bank accounts. I'm a Premier customer, so I could contact support in- stantly, but it was useless if the staff couldn't actually help. The "Premier" benefits are pointless compared to other banks. For example, when Lloyds froze my money, I called them and they fixed everything in 5 minutes- and their Premier account offers much better benefits. The process at Barclays is slow, confusing, and causes unnecessary hardship. At least in my case, I'll have to pay interest on overdrafts because my money is blocked (which is bad enough, it should be compensated if you ask me), but some people might not even have that option-they could lose their credit score or even have to ask friends for money just to buy food, all because their salary is stuck at Barclays. My advice: Avoid Barclays. Open an account with any other bank-literally anyone else. You'll get better service and less stress. With Barclays, you'll only get a very bad mobile banking app (honestly, it's only slightly better than HSBC's, but still much worse than NatWest, Lloyds, or even Nationwide). Bad app, bad support, they lock your money for days when nothing is suspicious if you use common sense like other banks system do. Nothing special with them, only stress. You can see there are plenty of people online having the same problem as me with this bank. Reviewed on: 15th November 2025

Review of the Barclays, Premier current account:

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Barclays blocked a transfer from my own Lloyds accou...

Barclays blocked a transfer from my own Lloyds account and held my money for days (and I'm worried it could turn into weeks or months), causing me financial loss and serious stress. Other banks like Lloyds and RBS resolved similar issues within hours, but Barclays' support was slow and unhelpful. They demanded proof of income and told me I'd have to wait at least two business days after submitting documents. The transfer came from a legitimate business account (NatWest), so I don't understand why Barclays doesn't trust other major banks. It's not like I deposited cash -everything was from verified bank accounts. I'm a Premier customer, so I could contact support instantly, but it was useless if the staff couldn't actually help. The "Premier" benefits are pointless compared to other banks. For example, when Lloyds froze my money, I called them and they fixed everything in 5 minutes- and their Premier account offers much better benefits. The process at Barclays is slow, confusing, and causes unnecessary hardship. At least in my case, I'll have to pay interest on overdrafts because my money is blocked (which is bad enough, it should be compensated if you ask me), but some people might not even have that option-they could lose their credit score or even have to ask friends for money just to buy food, all because their salary is stuck at Barclays. My advice: Avoid Barclays. Open an account with any other bank-literally anyone else. You'll get better service and less stress. With Barclays, you'll only get a very bad mobile banking app (honestly, it's only slightly better than HSBC's, but still much worse than NatWest, Lloyds, or even Nationwide). Bad app, bad support, they lock your money for days when nothing is suspicious if you use common sense like other banks system do. Nothing special with them, only stress. You can see there are plenty of people online having the same problem as me with this bank. If you are like me and you switched to them for the switch bonus and saw that you are approved for premier and you are like (nice free pretty useless but free perks if I transfer 3300 pounds every month as this is their requirement if you don't have your salary with them) don't transfer any money and close the account or you will get the same treatment Reviewed on: 15th November 2025

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