Home buyers to stump up 40 per cent deposits as TSB and Barclays stop handing out mortgages

Now home buyers need to stump up 40 per cent deposits to get a mortgage as economic devastation from coronavirus threatens a new credit crunch TSB has withdrawn two-year mortgage deals with less than 40 per cent deposits Barclays has ended mortgages for borrowers with less than a 25 per cent deposit A Bank of … Read more

Barclays prepares to reveal third-quarter results

As Barclays prepares to reveal third-quarter results, expectations from investors seem low, with shares trading at levels last seen during 2009 crisis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 16 October 2020 Barclays will become the first major UK bank to report third-quarter results on … Read more

ASK TONY: Why couldn’t Barclays help my grieving brother?

Could you help me retrieve more than £100,000 of my brother’s money from a dormant account with Barclays? The money was in a joint account held with his wife, who died last October. Barclays initially said it had located it. He sent the documentation requested but then received a letter saying the account could not … Read more

Postcodes with biggest house price increase according to Barclays Mortgages Postcode Property Index

House prices in Oldham are increasing the most across UK towns and cities and at DOUBLE the national average, Barclays Mortgages’ Postcode Property Index reveals – and Croydon is seeing the biggest growth in London House prices in 0L8, in Oldham, Greater Manchester, have seen the biggest rise Property value increased by an average of … Read more

Barclays customers can’t access their accounts after app and website crash

Barclays customers can’t access their accounts after app and website crash  Bank confirmed that ‘a small number’ of customers had been unable to log in Users were unable to make payments or check their balances It advised customers not to try re-do payments as they might still go through By Antonia Paget For Mailonline Published: 12:33 … Read more

Drink-driving Barclays banker, 28, is jailed for two years after smashing his Audi into a taxi

A Barclays banker has been jailed for two years after smashing his Audi into a taxi before leaving two sisters for dead and lying to police about his car being stolen. Sohail Yousif, 28, was driving home to Great Lever, Bolton, after drinking in a Manchester nightclub on February 9 last year when he ploughed into … Read more

Barclays will send ‘hundreds’ of UK staff back to WFH after Boris Johnson’s latest Covid measures

Barclays bank told hundreds of office staff who had returned after lockdown to restart working from home tonight – following vague new advice from the Prime Minister branded ‘unclear and inconsistent’ by business leaders. The huge company had originally brought 1,000 employees back after the strict pandemic shut-down over the summer. It came as other … Read more

Thousands of Barclays and Barclaycard customers unable to access money on mobile apps

Thousands of Barclays and Barclaycard customers are unable to access their money on mobile apps after they go down Barclays and Barclaycard apps have crashed causing floods of complaints The bank confirmed it was experiencing issues on its service update page Downdetector saw complaints beginning at around midday and continuing   By Kate Dennett For Mailonline … Read more

Why didn’t Barclays text me about a payment I was about to miss?

‘Barclays’ text alert service failed me at the crucial time’: Customer penalised as bank denies credit card direct debit despite ‘automated’ insufficient funds warning Adrian, 28, from Lancashire, was billed £11 for missing a direct debit payment  He normally receives alerts from Barclays telling him to top up his account   However in June the alert … Read more

Barclays attempts to close advice gap with Plan & Invest service

Barclays has launched an online investing  service in a bid to plug the so-called advice gap with a ‘personalised investment plan’. Initially only available to Barclays current account customers with at least £5,000 to invest, but soon to be rolled out further, Plan & Invest is designed for those without the know-how, time or confidence … Read more