First of all, sorry for your loss
When my dad died (and my brother before him) I was surprised by how helpful companies that I wouldn't have expected anything from were, and how hopeless some others were. Norfolk County Council - didn't cover themselves in glory. Sky TV - delightful. HMRC - a pleasure! Banks I dealt with directly, but of course that was because I could walk into the various branches - I suspect that right now, call centres are down to a bare minimum staff. I would resort to that old-fashioned device of letter writing and some emails to speed up the process (if I remember correctly, amounts up to a certain sum can be withdrawn directly by any of the executors).
Having said that, while he was still alive, Barclays had made one of his accounts dormant and it took a lot of effort to be able to reinstate it, aided somewhat by a concerted social media campaign by my husband.
Good luck - you really don't need hassle now.
Posted By: camcan on April 17th 2020 at 08:31:28
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- Barclays Bank bereavement department (Coronavirus) - rosarios_school_tie, Apr 17, 08:21:33
- Sorry to hear this, had same situation recently. (Coronavirus) - KevinBond, Apr 17, 12:53:58
- V V Sorry at your loss. Guess everyone's experience is different. (Coronavirus) - Saucerer, Apr 17, 10:40:13
- Tell Paul Lewis on Radio 4’s “Money Box” (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Apr 17, 10:08:26
- big hugs x (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Jumbo1, Apr 17, 08:57:48
- i can only comment on my own experience (Coronavirus) - ghostof barry butler, Apr 17, 08:52:37
- I agree that is a service that does actually seem to work v well (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Apr 17, 10:26:17
- Take it to twitter (Coronavirus) - CWC, Apr 17, 08:35:14
- First of all, sorry for your loss (Coronavirus) - camcan, Apr 17, 08:31:28
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