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Question about cheque withdrawal

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  • But then it would be made out to yourself and not to Teeside MC :p


    WORDWEB DICTIONARY DEFINITION:-

    Counter Check:- ''A blank check provided by a bank for the convenience of customers making withdrawals''. (US). Counter Cheque (BRIT & CDN). :p
  • Mikeyorks
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    shelvis wrote: »
    Panic over!! It was a transfer I had done online to my flexible mortgage. For some reason it hadn't been done through normal channels and had gone throuhg as a counter cheque. Goodness knows why they did it that way but no wonder it was unrecognisable to me!!

    Perplexed as to how an online transfer materialises as a (paper based) counter cheque. Bit of Harry Potter in there somewhere?

    However ..... all's well etc! And trust you find the chequebook.
    If you want to test the depth of the water .........don't use both feet !
  • Mikeyorks
    Mikeyorks Posts: 10,377 Forumite
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    WORDWEB DICTIONARY DEFINITION:-

    Counter Check:- ''A blank check provided by a bank for the convenience of customers making withdrawals''. (US). Counter Cheque (BRIT & CDN). :p

    The spelling ('check') kind of gives it away? In the context of the OP it obviously never was a cheque drawn to cash.

    Counter cheque in the UK can mean :-
    A) an initial batch of cheques given on opening a new account - but prior to a printed cheque book being ready.
    B) a cheque requested from a savings account and made out to a 3rd
    party - normally free. Or same from a cheque bearing account - you
    typically pay £12 - £15 for.
    C) or a blank cheque provided by the Bank in the circumstances you
    describe.

    B) Used to always be known as Building Society counter cheques .... but totally confused people who got them from Banks. So convention has typically shortened them to 'counter cheques'.

    In the context of the thread ....... is this useful in any way shape or form?:rolleyes:
    If you want to test the depth of the water .........don't use both feet !
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