Tag Archives: Barclays

8.5m Nest members behind bid to buck-up Barclays

Posted on February 24, 2020 by

  You may not know it, but you could just have become a stakeholder in how Barclays finances companies and in the process become a climate change activist. Share Action has co-ordinated a group of organisations , including NEST to … Continue reading →

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Customer intolerance; why it’s tough for banks to be relevant.

Posted on July 12, 2016 by

  A couple of days ago I wrote about Barclays moving my credit card from i24 to their new “infinite” card. I’ve since had a detailed letter explaining what’s changed. I’m moving from MasterCard to Visa My annual membership cost … Continue reading →

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What rights do banking customers still have?

Posted on July 11, 2016 by

I received a letter out of the blue from Scott Miller, Head of Customer Services at Barclays. It’s a pro-forma and it included a new credit card, if it hadn’t, I’d have not read it. Not so great I thought, … Continue reading →

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What’s the point of banks?

Posted on June 9, 2015 by

News that the HSBC is to slash it’s costs by $5bn. spells trouble for 6,000 British workers and their families. It will probably be seen as good news to the shareholders of the bank but what of the customers? There was … Continue reading →

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Is now really the time to stop bashing banks?

Posted on May 21, 2015 by

“If you ain’t cheating – you ain’t trying” “Time to lay off the banks”  – I hear it every day. I live with a Director of a leading retail bank- she claims not to read my blogs –  I’d like to … Continue reading →

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Is there a productivity dividend from auto-enrolment?

Posted on September 23, 2014 by

Pension PlayPen will give a leg up to anyone who’s trying – even some clapped out old bank that lost the trust of its customers long ago. So here’s some research produced by Barclays. I have written recently about the … Continue reading →

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The Regulator Strikes Back – Barclays, fund platforms and the FSA

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

I quote some of an article by matthew.vincent@ft.com  which is quite brilliant (link here) – I won’t ever write this well! The Financial Times continues to provide the world’s best coverage of financial issues – thank goodness we live in a world … Continue reading →

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What do Jimmy Carr, the FTT and the film industry have in common?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

Simples- they are today’s top stories and they’re all about personal greed. This article condemns that greed and suggests that people can have fun without ripping off others. Jimmy Carr has been caught using K2 – a Jersey loan back arrangement that left … Continue reading →

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Hose down RBS and Coutts before you put them on the forecourt.

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

There is a Coutts cash point in my high street – Eton High Street. It charges other bank’s customers for the privilege of using it. You can do that if you have the banking cachet that Coutts believes it has. Most … Continue reading →

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