Barclays Bank

In frustration with my tiny credit union in the middle of nowhere USA, I decided… after two years to open a British bank account. Besides the appointment times, Laura, the lady that helped me open the account was not just friendly, but she explained everything very thoroughly and answered my questions. The whole process did not take very long and when that was finished I asked about how to wire money from my account in the U.S. to this account. She wrote everything down for me and explained the process to me. Glad she did because I ended up having to tell my credit union how the process worked because they kept insisting that I wasn’t giving them the correct information.
Since then, I have been very happy with my account (I don’t use it very often), but I find it convenient to get money, pay in, use the card to book things that cannot be booked with an American card.