We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide
Want to become a Forum Ambassador? Visit the Community Noticeboard for details on how to apply
Barclays Current Account with Blue Rewards. How to Switch?
Comments
-
The thing that surprises me about these checks is that it's all about income, nothing about wealth, which surely be more indicative of credit worthiness.0
-
After my account was approved, I received a call from a third party company offering to review life insurance.
Coincidence or not, I do not know!
Did anyone get such calls?0 -
But today I joined the MSE Credit Club to get my Experian score.
It is 902/999. Is that bad? There were some mild comments in the summary bit.
Your credit score is meaningless and is only there to sell a product to you. Companies do not see your fabricated credit score and certainly dont use it.
What matters is whats on the report.
I will give you an example; I applied for a M&S account, I was declined. I got my letter which suggested I obtain a copy of my credit file - it was made to sound like there was fraud happening and late payments etc. There was none of that. I wont go into specifics, but I know what the problem is, but they cant tell me, otherwise it means you may be able to bypass their checks.
Personally I dont rate Barclays - customer service is terrible for a start, but for the rewards it could have been worth it.0 -
After all the hassle and waste of time just to open an account, I will be using Barclays only for the £11 reward.
Will setup up SOs to pay in and out in six days.
There are better banks around for everything else.0
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 353.9K Banking & Borrowing
- 254.3K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 455.2K Spending & Discounts
- 246.9K Work, Benefits & Business
- 603.5K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 178.3K Life & Family
- 261K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards