Barclays Cheque Pilot

stclair

I recieved an email two weeks ago inviting me to take part in the Barclays Cheque pilot.

http://www.barclays.co.uk/MobileBankingservices/MobileChequeDeposit/P1242668620764

Has anyone else recieved the emails at all to take part?

As they said Id recieve another email shortly to advise what to do next.

Fruit_and_Nut_Case

I'm not sure if there are any security implications but I suspect that link you've provided is personalised to you.

stclair

Fruit_and_Nut_Case wrote: »

I'm not sure if there are any security implications but I suspect that link you've provided is personalised to you.

I googled Barclays cheque pilot to get that link as I've not got the original email any longer. However your probably right about the email being personalised.

Fruit_and_Nut_Case

stclair wrote: »

I googled Barclays cheque pilot to get that link as I've not got the original email any longer. However your probably right about the email being personalised.

Excellent.

I had a read of the page and to me it looks like a solution in search of a problem; I haven't received a cheque for years. Out of interest, do you deposit a lot and perhaps that's why you've been chosen to take part?

Archi_Bald

First they gave us McDonalds and Haloween.

Then they gave us Black Friday and Miley Cyrus.

Now they are trying to give us cheques by mobiles.

What's wrong with Faster Payments, DC/CC payments and PAYM?

stclair

Fruit_and_Nut_Case wrote: »

Excellent.

I had a read of the page and to me it looks like a solution in search of a problem; I haven't received a cheque for years. Out of interest, do you deposit a lot and perhaps that's why you've been chosen to take part?

My Barclays current account has carried a balance of £1.21 for about the past two years. Also I dont remember the last time I recieved a cheque. However I'm happy to try new adventures.

w211

I pay in a cheque from one my clients weekly (I prefer to be paid weekly for cashflow reasons, which is cheaper than BACS, I've been told) in my Barlcays account, and I haven't received an e-mail from them.

patanne

But if they asked someone it actually affects then they may receive the answers they do not want to receive.

System

Some people and companies cling to cheques like a life jacket.

A law firm I used recently was happy to be paid by FP/BACS but when they had to send me money it was offered an inflated price CHAPS payment or cheque. I chose the latter.

Archi_Bald wrote: »

First they gave us McDonalds and Haloween.

Then they gave us Black Friday and Miley Cyrus.

Now they are trying to give us cheques by mobiles.

What's wrong with Faster Payments, DC/CC payments and PAYM?

agrinnall

Everybody seems to be writing as if this is something that has come out of the blue, which it hasn't, it's been talked about for a while. See this from almost a year ago.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/bank-accounts/10538045/Cheque-imaging-to-enable-Britons-to-pay-in-using-smartphones.html

I think it's probably an attempt by the banks to mitigate the impact of the requirement to keep cheques after the 2018 date that they proposed for getting rid of them.

al25

I did receive an email to take part but I just ignored it.
I also remember the initial trial limit is for £500 only and it has to be a Barclay's Cheque.