Barclays Online Banking

[BigTime]

It seems to be slow as f**k today - anyone else having problems?

Last day of the month, same old tulipe hawk

[tractor]

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What annoys me is how you can't go in and download an old statement if you once received it on a paper statement.

Would that be so hard just to let me download old statements in electronic form?

This is because some smart-arsed business analyst somewhere did the calcs and told them this is still a good profit centre and advised them not to give it away for free when they can charge £2 a shot for them.

HTH

ps It wasn't me, I can't get a contract in finance because ... errm ... I don't have any experience in finance ... durrrrh

[wurzel]

It seems to be slow as f**k today - anyone else having problems?

[darrenb]

No, I meant the high street banks.

Long ago on CUK I posted asking for an alternative to the high street banks in Britain, somewhere nice and safe and boring to store my money. I experimented a bit, but never really found anything other than Cater Allen. These days, I use German bank accounts (which have a different set of problems).

Anyway you will sometimes hear it said that the problems with the financial sector are with investment banking, not retail banking. I believe that there has been a fall in standards across the whole spectrum, and everyone down to the lowliest clerk has been corrupted to some degree.

[Arturo Bassick]

Are you saying that Cater Allen are as bad as Barclays?

Not saying that I like Cater Allen, just that I have been with them five years without them trying to screw me in any really egregious way. With Barclays on the other hand, it was just like wtf every other day.

No, I meant the high street banks.

[darrenb]

They are all as worserer as one another. It is just that when you change you reset your "pissed off" meter.

Are you saying that Cater Allen are as bad as Barclays?

Not saying that I like Cater Allen, just that I have been with them five years without them trying to screw me in any really egregious way. No doubt that will change, but no one will ever be able to say they lost their scruples as fast as Barclays.

[Kanye]

What annoys me is how you can't go in and download an old statement if you once received it on a paper statement.

Would that be so hard just to let me download old statements in electronic form?

[Sausage Surprise]

Yep - same thing happened to me yesterday. Seems Ok today.

I can now ditch that bloody cumbersome lump of plastic!!

[Spacecadet]

They are all as worserer as one another. It is just that when you change you reset your "pissed off" meter.

From my observations HSBC seem to be one of the less irritating banks. Barclays and Natwest the worst
I've been with HSBC for 15 years now for both personal and business banking without any issues. My anecdotal evidence on the other banks is based on friends and colleagues gripes with them.

[Arturo Bassick]

Barclays has contempt for its customers. Switch to a less-worse bank.

They are all as worserer as one another. It is just that when you change you reset your "pissed off" meter.

[darrenb]

Barclays has contempt for its customers. Switch to a less-worse bank.

[Platypus]

Yes, and I've had no problems

[cojak]

Yes, and I've had to make a couple of phone calls to get them to reset stuff.

It's pants.

[Chantho]

Does anyone else use this ?

I have been trying all day to view recent account transactions on the "new and improved" site. I have logged out and in (a tedious process in itself) several times without any difference.