My account is with the International branch on the Champs-Elysees, but Yelp doesn't list that. So, I'm going to slam them here. Since the bank was sold, the service has been horrible. No one seems to know what they are doing. My bank rep tries to cover up by being stunningly rude. So okay, I thought, I'll go to a different bank. Barclays has a legal obligation to move all my automatic payments to the new bank. They are refusing to do so. Either they are rude or they are evasive. The only detailed information I have gotten has to do with closing my account, which would require me to transfer everything myself. I got this information in a phone call from the bank manager, who seemed upset only by the fact that I had obtained her contact info.
My advice? Stay away from Barclays. Just go somewhere else. Many French banks welcome Anglophones, while Barclays seems to be trying to chase us away. read more