Barclays reviews

Withdrew 400 Euro from my Barclays Euro account, have to drive 45 min to pick it up as all local branches are now closed. Called to check that my money was there, seems Barclays is the only bank that is unable to contact a branch. After the 4th day, was told the branch had converted my Euros back to pounds and put them into my current account 1. Without my permission and 2. When I had no alternative to arrange the currency.

Been with Barclays over 30 years but cannot recommend any longer.

Barclays Euro Account.

What’s good about it?

1. You can put Euros into it.

What’s bad about it?

1. It has no Debit card

2. Electronic transfers/payments cannot be made using the App. Don’t know about other electronic transfer platforms but I doubt it.

3. It appears that transactions have to be done over the phone or in Branch (After making arrangements, over the phone, to withdraw € at my branch it still took what seemed like 30 minutes at the branch to actually be handed over the small amount of cash.

Does it actually serve a useful purpose?

Not that I am aware of. You used to be able to write a cheque but they even stopped that. Then they closed the local branch.

Transfer from my Barclays Euro account to Barclays current account, unbelievable how bad the conversion rate spoke with currency customer service who to their credit confirmed Barclays have a bad currancy exchange compared to nearly everybody else

4 hours call wait no answer I could have travelled to London and back and still received no response waste of my 4 hours

I've given 2 stars as in fairness to Barclays, the Turkish Lira rate at the time was the best I could find anywhere on the web. However when receiving the Lira, I found that I was sent over £2500 Lira exclusively in 10's and 5's! This was physically a huge amount of money to cart around in my baggage and made paying for things in Turkey extremely difficult. I don't envy the bar owner who received an entire £250 bar tab entirely in 5 Lira notes!

As off today, for £750 to CAD you can get $60 more at Travel FX for same service. 14th FEB 2020 This is one of the worst rates.

Barclay bank have most worst exchange rate. I will go to open account in other bank.

Not a very good experience as asked for mixed notes and got all large notes and these are not easy to use when arriving in a country for taxis to get to the hotel.

Barclays offers one of the worst currency exchange rates there is... do not use them, they literally are ripping you off every time.

Ordered currency on Tuesday and had Friday as collection day from local branch.Took funds from my account, but when I went to collect, no currency at branch. When investigated there was no evidence or tracking that money had even been sent out !!

Barclays Bank cheated me out of €3000.00 tried to get my money ,then Barclays offered me £200.00 good will manged to get £700.00 but it took nearly a year.My late parents worked fifty years and Barclays Promised me one rate then gave me another. Please change your money with someone else.I wish someone could help me but a single person stands no chance.A very good bank for changing cheques into South African rand at a very good rate getting round South African Exchange laws and helping South Africans getting there money out of South Africa.They did it for me in 1975 with help of Standard Chartered Bank Trafalger Square branch .all i had to do was call into Barclays Bank Main branch in Durban and give me name over the counter and my Rand cheque appeared it a enhanced rate.

Long wait with there automated machines, and generally poor service. Would never bank with this bank

Only if your desperate to get ripped off, disorganised, shambles, greedy. 1 star rating to high.

Absolutely useless on all aspects of banking. Don't even think about using this dreadful shambles of a bank !

Barclays bank in Kings Lynn gave me a very poor rate when i ordered Euros.In all i lost a few Thousand Euros,my money not Barclays.Please change your money else where ,Look at there new branches and ask yourself who is paying for the upgraded branches.