I covered the “it’s just a mock–up” point in my original comment.
So your answer to Emma’s question is “yes”?
2 Likes
So we have a loan of £500, let’s say for plumbing services, and a holiday in 2019 of £500. You may have calculated you need to save £x per month to afford the trip (and for this scenario, let’s say it’s a life event that shouldn’t be skipped). You are inevitable to take the loan out, or drop the plumber or the life event, so why does the timing matter on the loan?
As in if you used holiday savings and end up taking the loan later, using your savings now is a moot point (and you no longer have savings to choose to prioritize). I know it’s not best practice, you could say you can’t afford it, try to save more etc. but I don’t think having a loan while holding savings is a necessarily bad thing.
I think you’re looking to much into it. This is a screenshot which aims to demonstrate all the possibilities of the UI; intentionally hiding some elements would be counter productive.
6 Likes
I agree. I mean, I’m sympathetic to @j06’s position, but ultimately the design it meant to show - specutively (sic?) - how different elements fit together.
As it’s all make believe, I’m choosing to imagine that it’s a new offset loan product that only charges interest when you don’t have an equivalent amount in other Pots. 
1 Like
Hmm, I don’t think that design makes it any easier to find the “Limits” screen. For me, it shouldn’t be anywhere near the card functions. Yes, it covers ATMs and debit card spending but it also covers bank transfers, Monzo.me and cash deposits.
It would be much more suited to the account details screen IMHO.
2 Likes
I’d imagine it’d be in the My Account tab on that mock up. But we won’t really know until it ships!
It’s currently hidden under “Manage Card”, so I was presuming you would hit the “Manage” button. Hopefully they look at making it more intuitive.
1 Like
I’ve had three days in a row with which I’ve had issues with Barclays; the first was because of the O2 network issues. (I couldn’t login to use contactless mobile, my fault I should carry the card too.) I also payed cash in within a branch that took hours to appear.
On the second day contactless mobile failed a few transactions and today I can’t easily use cash machines with CS not caring to look into it (two different machines and the second being a Barclays machine.)
I’m not impressed; surely Barclays should be able to at least see why the ATM transactions failed and then suddenly worked!?
Also, contactless mobile should be able to be verified without a data connection when Google Pay can be used without connection after a reboot! I feel no one really thought it through.
1 Like