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Starling closed account and sending cheque ?

Standingstrong
Standingstrong Posts: 428 Forumite
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edited 20 September 2022 at 4:07PM in Budgeting & bank accounts
Starling bank reviewed and closed my account and is sending a cheque to my old address ..
it’s a £4k cheque here I seriously don’t know what to do? Can I get them to transfer the money to my other bank account? Or do I have to wait for the cheque I’m going out of my mind here of stress and worry 

how long do cheques take to be delivered ? 

Please give advice as they aren’t listening to me
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  • Section62
    Section62 Posts: 10,924 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Fifth Anniversary Name Dropper
    Starling bank reviewed and closed my account and is sending a cheque to my old address ..
    it’s a £4k cheque here I seriously don’t know what to do? Can I get them to transfer the money to my other bank account? Or do I have to wait for the cheque I’m going out of my mind here of stress and worry 

    how long do cheques take to be delivered ? 

    Please give advice as they aren’t listening to me
    How long since you last lived at the 'old address' ?

    Your previous thread about the abandoned property opposite your current address suggested you've been living there years IIRC.

    Do you still have Royal Mail redirection set up, and if not, do you know the owners of the 'old address' well enough to be able to get hold of the cheque? (bearing in mind it could be them that tipped Starling off)
  • Section62 said:
    Starling bank reviewed and closed my account and is sending a cheque to my old address ..
    it’s a £4k cheque here I seriously don’t know what to do? Can I get them to transfer the money to my other bank account? Or do I have to wait for the cheque I’m going out of my mind here of stress and worry 

    how long do cheques take to be delivered ? 

    Please give advice as they aren’t listening to me
    How long since you last lived at the 'old address' ?

    Your previous thread about the abandoned property opposite your current address suggested you've been living there years IIRC.

    Do you still have Royal Mail redirection set up, and if not, do you know the owners of the 'old address' well enough to be able to get hold of the cheque? (bearing in mind it could be them that tipped Starling off)
    Moved out of the address in July… 

    Seriously don’t know what to do
  • Penguin_
    Penguin_ Posts: 1,594 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Section62 said:
    Starling bank reviewed and closed my account and is sending a cheque to my old address ..
    it’s a £4k cheque here I seriously don’t know what to do? Can I get them to transfer the money to my other bank account? Or do I have to wait for the cheque I’m going out of my mind here of stress and worry 

    how long do cheques take to be delivered ? 

    Please give advice as they aren’t listening to me
    How long since you last lived at the 'old address' ?

    Your previous thread about the abandoned property opposite your current address suggested you've been living there years IIRC.

    Do you still have Royal Mail redirection set up, and if not, do you know the owners of the 'old address' well enough to be able to get hold of the cheque? (bearing in mind it could be them that tipped Starling off)
    Moved out of the address in July… 

    Seriously don’t know what to do
    Go to the address & see if they still have the letter?
  • Penguin_ said:
    Section62 said:
    Starling bank reviewed and closed my account and is sending a cheque to my old address ..
    it’s a £4k cheque here I seriously don’t know what to do? Can I get them to transfer the money to my other bank account? Or do I have to wait for the cheque I’m going out of my mind here of stress and worry 

    how long do cheques take to be delivered ? 

    Please give advice as they aren’t listening to me
    How long since you last lived at the 'old address' ?

    Your previous thread about the abandoned property opposite your current address suggested you've been living there years IIRC.

    Do you still have Royal Mail redirection set up, and if not, do you know the owners of the 'old address' well enough to be able to get hold of the cheque? (bearing in mind it could be them that tipped Starling off)
    Moved out of the address in July… 

    Seriously don’t know what to do
    Go to the address & see if they still have the letter?
    No starling has sent the cheque today .. and I don’t know if I’m going to have trouble getting the cheque..

    will they be able to cash it ?? I’m so worried 
  • Penguin_
    Penguin_ Posts: 1,594 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Penguin_ said:
    Section62 said:
    Starling bank reviewed and closed my account and is sending a cheque to my old address ..
    it’s a £4k cheque here I seriously don’t know what to do? Can I get them to transfer the money to my other bank account? Or do I have to wait for the cheque I’m going out of my mind here of stress and worry 

    how long do cheques take to be delivered ? 

    Please give advice as they aren’t listening to me
    How long since you last lived at the 'old address' ?

    Your previous thread about the abandoned property opposite your current address suggested you've been living there years IIRC.

    Do you still have Royal Mail redirection set up, and if not, do you know the owners of the 'old address' well enough to be able to get hold of the cheque? (bearing in mind it could be them that tipped Starling off)
    Moved out of the address in July… 

    Seriously don’t know what to do
    Go to the address & see if they still have the letter?
    No starling has sent the cheque today .. and I don’t know if I’m going to have trouble getting the cheque..

    will they be able to cash it ?? I’m so worried 
    So you could go to the address & ask them if they could forward to you, or hold onto it for you. 
  • Penguin_ said:
    Section62 said:
    Starling bank reviewed and closed my account and is sending a cheque to my old address ..
    it’s a £4k cheque here I seriously don’t know what to do? Can I get them to transfer the money to my other bank account? Or do I have to wait for the cheque I’m going out of my mind here of stress and worry 

    how long do cheques take to be delivered ? 

    Please give advice as they aren’t listening to me
    How long since you last lived at the 'old address' ?

    Your previous thread about the abandoned property opposite your current address suggested you've been living there years IIRC.

    Do you still have Royal Mail redirection set up, and if not, do you know the owners of the 'old address' well enough to be able to get hold of the cheque? (bearing in mind it could be them that tipped Starling off)
    Moved out of the address in July… 

    Seriously don’t know what to do
    Go to the address & see if they still have the letter?
    No starling has sent the cheque today .. and I don’t know if I’m going to have trouble getting the cheque..

    will they be able to cash it ?? I’m so worried 
    You can't cash a cheque in the name of Joe Bloggs if you're called Mary Smith

    Ask Starling to cancel the cheque and give them the new address - do it on phone, messaging and writing if needs be
  • Penguin_ said:
    Penguin_ said:
    Section62 said:
    Starling bank reviewed and closed my account and is sending a cheque to my old address ..
    it’s a £4k cheque here I seriously don’t know what to do? Can I get them to transfer the money to my other bank account? Or do I have to wait for the cheque I’m going out of my mind here of stress and worry 

    how long do cheques take to be delivered ? 

    Please give advice as they aren’t listening to me
    How long since you last lived at the 'old address' ?

    Your previous thread about the abandoned property opposite your current address suggested you've been living there years IIRC.

    Do you still have Royal Mail redirection set up, and if not, do you know the owners of the 'old address' well enough to be able to get hold of the cheque? (bearing in mind it could be them that tipped Starling off)
    Moved out of the address in July… 

    Seriously don’t know what to do
    Go to the address & see if they still have the letter?
    No starling has sent the cheque today .. and I don’t know if I’m going to have trouble getting the cheque..

    will they be able to cash it ?? I’m so worried 
    So you could go to the address & ask them if they could forward to you, or hold onto it for you. 
    I’ve contacted the letting agent and she said she’s going to get the new occupiers to look out for it and get them to bring it in there office , but they never answer the door… 
  • Penguin_ said:
    Section62 said:
    Starling bank reviewed and closed my account and is sending a cheque to my old address ..
    it’s a £4k cheque here I seriously don’t know what to do? Can I get them to transfer the money to my other bank account? Or do I have to wait for the cheque I’m going out of my mind here of stress and worry 

    how long do cheques take to be delivered ? 

    Please give advice as they aren’t listening to me
    How long since you last lived at the 'old address' ?

    Your previous thread about the abandoned property opposite your current address suggested you've been living there years IIRC.

    Do you still have Royal Mail redirection set up, and if not, do you know the owners of the 'old address' well enough to be able to get hold of the cheque? (bearing in mind it could be them that tipped Starling off)
    Moved out of the address in July… 

    Seriously don’t know what to do
    Go to the address & see if they still have the letter?
    No starling has sent the cheque today .. and I don’t know if I’m going to have trouble getting the cheque..

    will they be able to cash it ?? I’m so worried 
    You can't cash a cheque in the name of Joe Bloggs if you're called Mary Smith

    Ask Starling to cancel the cheque and give them the new address - do it on phone, messaging and writing if needs be
    I’ve asked them to do it as bank transfer instead but informed the agent just incase .. 
  • Asghar
    Asghar Posts: 443 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Starling bank reviewed and closed my account and is sending a cheque to my old address ..

    So you never updated your new address, why not?

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