Which banks accept more than 5 money bags?

jemz

I am looking to get a new savings account but I want one that doesn't have the 'only 5 bags per day' rule.
I have a fair few bags of change which I need to put in but i'm not prepared to keep trekking to the bank several times to get them all deposited.
I'm told HSBC will let you put in any amount in one go, does anyone know of any other banks that will?
Thanks

dzug1

Any 'real' bank will let you pay in any amount of cash. It's only the wannabe banks that won't.

Which means Lloyds, RBS Natwest and Barclays for certain and hit and miss amongst the rest.

stclair

Larger branches of HSBC, Natwest & Barclays have coin counting machines so you can just throw it all in without having to worry bagging it up etc.

jemz

Thanks for the replies, maybe its a local policy then as i'm with Halifax at the moment and they have a poster over the desks with this rule, it is a small branch though so maybe thats why.
I will have a look round for a bank with the coin counting machines, i've not seen them before, just the ones that count notes and I had a right ordeal with that! Do these machines charge a percentage like the ones in supermarkets or does it all go into your account?

dzug1

Halifax are not a 'bank' - they are a jumped up Building Society. Yes they are good at some things but being a 'bank' in the wider sense of the word isn't one of them.

The machines require the cash to go into your (current ?? rather than savings - a point to check) account but don't charge for it.

antrobus

dzug1 wrote: »

Halifax are not a 'bank' ....

Oh it's worse than that. The Halifax doesn't even exist any more, it's merely a trading name for the Bank of Scotland plc. Which is of course, itself now merely a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lloyds Banking Group, due to certain 'liquidity' issues that arose not long ago.

Twister84

dzug1 wrote: »

Halifax are not a 'bank' - they are a jumped up Building Society. Yes they are good at some things but being a 'bank' in the wider sense of the word isn't one of them.

The machines require the cash to go into your (current ?? rather than savings - a point to check) account but don't charge for it.

With the Natwest/RBS ones, as long you've got a card for the account and you know your PIN, or you have a paying-in slip for that account, you can pay in.

They don't charge, and if it's a personal account, it will credit straight away.

goobergirl

I bank with the Bank of Scotland. I regularly pay in bags of change and have never encountered a problem when there has been more than five. Maybe it's particular branches that have these rules but my local branch staff couldn't be friendler or more helpful.

pinkdalek

dzug1 wrote: »

Halifax are not a 'bank' - they are a jumped up Building Society. Yes they are good at some things but being a 'bank' in the wider sense of the word isn't one of them.

The machines require the cash to go into your (current ?? rather than savings - a point to check) account but don't charge for it.

You are right Halifax are not a bank as all their main branches open Saturdays and all their branches are open until 5pm.

They don't take more than 5 bags of coin as they don't have storage vaults like the "main" banks, they don't process business accounts like the "main" banks, they bank their coin and have it collected as their customers do not have a requirement to take it out from them. You may find if you enquire politely and don't be such an idiot that they will take your coin off you.

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pinkdalek wrote: »

You are right Halifax are not a bank as all their main branches open Saturdays and all their branches are open until 5pm.

They don't take more than 5 bags of coin as they don't have storage vaults like the "main" banks, they don't process business accounts like the "main" banks, they bank their coin and have it collected as their customers do not have a requirement to take it out from them. You may find if you enquire politely and don't be such an idiot that they will take your coin off you.

my local halifax close 6pm/8pm on weekday and 3pm weekend

jambosans

goobergirl wrote: »

I bank with the Bank of Scotland. I regularly pay in bags of change and have never encountered a problem when there has been more than five. Maybe it's particular branches that have these rules but my local branch staff couldn't be friendler or more helpful.

I've had similar experiences in Bank of Scotland branches, although there is a five bag limit across the board, it's refreshing that staff appear to use a little common sense in five plus bags situations.

goobergirl wrote: »

Oh it's worse than that. The Halifax doesn't even exist any more, it's merely a trading name for the Bank of Scotland plc. Which is of course, itself now merely a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lloyds Banking Group, due to certain 'liquidity' issues that arose not long ago.

Out of curiosity, why is it worse?

dzug1 issue is Halifax are not a 'bank', surely being a trading name of a Scottish clearing bank makes it more of a 'bank' than simply a demutualised building society?