A major UK bank is offering Brits a very handsome £175 – if new customers do one very simple thing. The bank has also offered a number of very handsome rewards and quirks to new customers willing to take the jump. Earlier this week Barclays bank relaunched its £175 switching bonus for new customers who open a Barclays Bank Account with Blue Rewards, or a Premier Current Account. The scheme will be available to new customers up until August 28, 2025. To qualify for cheeky free £175 provided by Barclays, customers will need to switch bank accounts and become eligible for the cash and will have to complete four simple steps. More details on the offer and how to apply can be found here . Barclays also boasts customers using their Blue Rewards scheme can give their savings a boost – as bank brags customers can get the highest interest rate in instant access balances up to £5,000 with the Rainy Day Saver. Customers signed up to Blue Rewards can find themselves watching award-winning Apple Originals with Apple TV+ subscription, and every Major League Soccer match live or on demand with an MLS Season Pass subscription, T&Cs apply. Sadly not all customers are eligible for £175 reward for making the stitch, customers who have an open current Account with Barclays on or before the offer starts on July 15, 2025, will not be eligible. Customers who have taken up a switching offer with Barclays in the past also will not be able to claim the £175. Coupled with this, customers opening a joint account, those who are under 18 years old and people who live outside the UK are also not eligible. The Daily Star previously reported Santander dealt a significant blow to the UK high street with the closure of 23 bank branches across the country. The first wave of closures happened on Monday, June 16, when Clacton, Croydon, Gateshead, Launceston and Peterhead all permanently shut their doors. The final four branches in Fleet, Musselburgh, Portadown and Swandlincote are slated for closure on June 30. See below the full comprehensive list of all Santander branch closures for June. This development follows Santander's earlier announcement to close 95 branches and scale back operating hours at certain locations, resulting in 750 job losses. When Santander announced these closures back in March, they had 444 branches.