The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread

thegeek · Mon 10 Feb, 2020 10.44

They must have known we were talking about them: there's a new card design out:

that 'Credit card.' text looks really clumsy, but I appreciate the dummy name they've chosen.

this page has been updated and suggests they're updating the artwork of all their cards.

WillPS · Mon 10 Feb, 2020 21.20

I'm not really sure it's an improvement overall.

Anyone got any ideas what a Bonus Credit Card was/is, and why it attracts no extra points unlike the name might suggest?

Pete · Tue 11 Feb, 2020 08.50

WillPS wrote: Mon 10 Feb, 2020 21.20 I'm not really sure it's an improvement overall.

Anyone got any ideas what a Bonus Credit Card was/is, and why it attracts no extra points unlike the name might suggest?

there was talk of a clubcard plus credit card...

WillPS · Tue 11 Feb, 2020 21.11

Pete wrote: Tue 11 Feb, 2020 08.50
WillPS wrote: Mon 10 Feb, 2020 21.20 I'm not really sure it's an improvement overall.

Anyone got any ideas what a Bonus Credit Card was/is, and why it attracts no extra points unlike the name might suggest?
there was talk of a clubcard plus credit card...

That's already available. It's pretty much the same as the standard credit card, except it offers zero foreign exchange fees.

https://www.headforpoints.com/2020/02/0 ... rd-review/

Pete · Wed 12 Feb, 2020 09.12

urgh. that's rubbish. I'm sure I managed to get a super low rate 5% tesco card recently.

not that I really use them like that but it's nicer when you maybe spread a big payment over two months to get charged £3 rather than £12

Martin Phillp · Sat 15 Feb, 2020 01.59

RBS Group is rebranding as NatWest Group later this summer due to 80% of their customers bank with the Natwest brand.

There are no plans to rebrand RBS and Ulster Bank as NatWest where the brands will continue as normal.

thegeek · Sun 16 Feb, 2020 12.12

Martin Phillp wrote: Sat 15 Feb, 2020 01.59 RBS Group is rebranding as NatWest Group later this summer due to 80% of their customers bank with the Natwest brand.

I'm sure that'll go down well in Edinburgh.

Martin Phillp · Sun 16 Feb, 2020 21.18

thegeek wrote: Sun 16 Feb, 2020 12.12
Martin Phillp wrote: Sat 15 Feb, 2020 01.59 RBS Group is rebranding as NatWest Group later this summer due to 80% of their customers bank with the Natwest brand.
I'm sure that'll go down well in Edinburgh.

Scots nationalists aren't very happy about it for sure, although retail customers will still bank with RBS north of the border.

WillPS · Sun 16 Feb, 2020 22.06

Martin Phillp wrote: Sun 16 Feb, 2020 21.18
thegeek wrote: Sun 16 Feb, 2020 12.12
Martin Phillp wrote: Sat 15 Feb, 2020 01.59 RBS Group is rebranding as NatWest Group later this summer due to 80% of their customers bank with the Natwest brand.
I'm sure that'll go down well in Edinburgh.
Scots nationalists aren't very happy about it for sure, although retail customers will still bank with RBS north of the border.

Unless they currently bank with NatWest Scotland.

JAS84 · Wed 26 Feb, 2020 21.15

Virgin Money has announced some branch closures - including the one I use.
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/bu ... se-3890800

Martin Phillp · Fri 28 Feb, 2020 22.36

Which banks still use foreign call centres? Barclays who my mother banks with still uses them and the call centre operatives were very hard to understand for someone who's used to speaking to foreign call centre operatives to resolve an issue.

In the end, my mother gave me permission to access her internet banking to resolve it, which they'd rather you use anyway, once I found her PINsentry reader!