Two months in, Barclays account

egrescrimp

http://www.barclays.co.uk/Otheraccounts/Cashcardaccounts/CashCardAccount/P1242557963900

To confirm who you are, we need 1 of the following:
Full, current passport
Current European Union member state identity card
Current UK photocard driving licence or UK full paper driving licence
Benefit books/benefit entitlement letters; includes pension, Child Benefit, income support, disability and Jobseeker's Allowance

To confirm where you live, we need 1 of the following:
Current UK photocard driving licence or UK full paper driving licence with current address (if not used as identification)
Gas bill (less than 3 months old)
Water bill (less than 3 months old)
Telephone bill for a fixed line (less than 3 months old), not a mobile phone bill
Local authority council tax bill (current financial year)
Bank statement (less than 3 months old) from another bank (internet statements are not acceptable)
Mortgage statement that's less than 12 months old (internet statements are not acceptable)
Council rent book (must be current)
HM Revenue & Customs notice of tax coding (current tax year)
You can't use the same item twice. For joint accounts, we'll need this identification from both of you.

If you want advice on what documents to provide or need help completing the application call us free on 0800 015 4996 6 (Textphone 0800 015 4997).

melissa-elizabeth

Royal Bank have never sent me a statement, it was like I was paper free automatically. I'll go on to my on-line account and see if there's a way to get one sent out to my address. Thanks

Helpmeoutofthismess

Hi, I'm sure you will be fine with asda, I haven't shopped online with them but I have successfully used it in tesco and sainsburys online, I am even able to use my barclays debit card at the pay@pump forecourt at tesco's :j. I have not had any issues in any shops, the only place I haven't been able to use my card is at a parking meter that only accepts offline cards, that was annoying at the time but they are not in my local area thank goodness! I think there may also be an issue on trains but I don't use them.

H x

CoffeeBean_2

Hi
I opened my Barclays account after my BR date and they couldn't have been nicer. I have also got access to my account online and mobile which is fantastic and there have been no problems.

CB

TheGardener

melissa-elizabeth wrote: »

...The only thing that worries me is not having internet banking because it helps me keep on top of things better. I wonder why they won't allow it for bankruptcy customers.

Call me a cynic but...I suspect - but don't know - that both the Co-op and Barclays get some sort of inducement from the government to be BR tolerant, otherwise it would have meant many thousands of BR's stuck without a bank account which would be a massive issue all round.

I believe that Barclays decided that as there was only them and the co-op on the high street who would generally accept BR's, by (Barclays) removing internet access, most BR's went to the co-op. The Co-op responded by saying they were getting more than their fair share of BR's and countered by changing their rules so that only those with accounts opened prior to BR (or after AD) would be accepted.

Barclays will restore internet and mobile banking facilities after AD and some posters have said they have been told the 'no internet' policy will change in the summer - I'll be AD by then so no benefits as such for me.

Some BR's seem to slip under the radar for internet access at Barclays but generally its a facility they lose. Barclays will give you a weekly postal paper statement if you ask.

Although I miss my internet banking - the fact I don't have debts to juggle means it has been less of an issue than I thought it would and forced me to be more aware of what and when I spend and I keep a mental running total between weekly paper statements.