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How often do you visit a bank branch?

iAMaLONDONER
iAMaLONDONER Posts: 1,669 Forumite
edited 10 May 2017 at 9:37PM in Budgeting & bank accounts
Bank closures have happened across the city- even London has lost a number of bank branches in recent years.


http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-4029140/Mapped-1-000-high-street-bank-branches-closed-just-two-years-HSBC-cut-quarter-network.html

When did last visit a bank branch? 68 votes

Within the last week
17% 12 votes
Within the last month
14% 10 votes
Within the last 3 months
25% 17 votes
Within the last year
13% 9 votes
More than a year ago
29% 20 votes
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Comments

  • stockton_2
    stockton_2 Posts: 336 Forumite
    I like to use the ATM inside my bank so I go fairly often. I only go to the counter if something unusual happens like the ATM wont cough up any dosh.
    Although I very rarely use the counter services I would not like to lose my local branch.
  • teffers
    teffers Posts: 698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    I had a cheque from a house sale ( I'm too cheap for BACS ) so had to go into the strange building attached to the cash-machine.

    I didn't like it, it was way too peopley.
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,533 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    One of us goes, at least once a month, to deposit Premium Bond cheques and ones sent by survey companies or manufacturers ( complaints/special promotions).


    We also prefer to open new accounts with a real person, instead of over the internet.
  • EachPenny
    EachPenny Posts: 12,239 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Yesterday, to open another Virgin regular saver account :)

    I normally only go into a branch to pay in cash/cheques or to open accounts. Occasionally to close them if the bank refuses to allow that to be done online.
    "In the future, everyone will be rich for 15 minutes"
  • meer53
    meer53 Posts: 10,217 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hate branches, having to queue, rude cashiers, wasting time doing things i can do online or by post. They can close them all for me.
  • mgdavid
    mgdavid Posts: 6,711 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Why does the question in post #1 and the thread title bear no resemblance to the question in the poll?
    OP, do you struggle with English, perhaps it is not your first language?
    The questions that get the best answers are the questions that give most detail....
  • worried_jim
    worried_jim Posts: 11,631 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Last popped in to see counter staff in 2005. I work for a bank.
  • Twice a month to pay off the credit cards, and an occasional trip to get cash.
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I don't do online banking, so... I probably go once every couple of months.
  • MABLE
    MABLE Posts: 4,249 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I only visit them when they have a charity event on because I can be assured of free cakes and biscuits.
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