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Tesco Bank savings accounts, credit cards and loans are now being run by Barclays under a "partnership" between the pair. The Tesco Bank brand will remain though and you can still use its products and services as before.
1 November 2024
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Barclays is overhauling its 'Blue Rewards' loyalty scheme for 100,000s of customers by scrapping monthly cash payments and adding Apple TV+ instead. The changes mean most should ditch the scheme from Wednesday 4 September. Here's what you need to know.
3 September 2024
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Barclays will shut at least another 99 bank branches throughout 2024 and 2025 after announcing 22 more closures. This is in addition to the 177 branches it closed in 2023. Below we list the branches disappearing and what the alternatives are if you still want face-to-face banking.
13 February 2024
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Expats who bank with Barclays face having their UK accounts closed following a "strategic review" by the bank, leaving some customers worried about the alternatives available to them.
5 December 2023
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Barclays will shut at least 214 of its bank branches throughout 2023 and 2024 – more than a third of its entire UK network – after announcing a further 18 branch closures. Below we list the branches disappearing and what the alternatives are if you still want face-to-face banking.
1 December 2023
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Barclays has announced a fresh round of bank branch closures, with 14 more locations set to shut in the summer – in addition to the 55 it had already announced would close this year. The latest closures now mean Barclays will close at least 69 branches by the end of 2023. Below we list the branches disappearing and what the alternatives are if you still want face-to-face banking.
27 March 2023
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Barclays has announced yet another round of bank branch closures, with 15 more locations set to shut in the spring – in addition to the 15 it announced earlier this month. The latest closures now mean Barclays will close at least 41 branches by the end of the year. Below we list the branches disappearing and what the alternatives are if you still want face-to-face banking.
30 January 2023
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Flat-owners impacted by the cladding crisis in England may now be able to sell or remortgage their homes, with six major lenders agreeing to offer mortgages under new industry guidance. But the measures only cover properties in buildings of 11m and over and so not everyone affected will benefit – and we're yet to see how it will work in practice. Here's what we know so far.
10 January 2023
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High street banks including HSBC, NatWest and Lloyds are set to close at least 193 more branches next year – we've rounded up the planned closures for each bank and what the alternatives are if you still want face-to-face banking.
22 December 2022
Barclays' top 10-year mortgage fix is now cheaper than any two-year deals
Turmoil in the markets has increased the attractiveness of longer-term mortgage deals. Currently, interest rates on many 10-year fixes are not far off those of shorter deals. In fact, the rate on the cheapest 10-year fixed mortgage is actually lower than any two-year fix. 
10 October 2022

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