Bank practices or branch practices that have ceased....

EarthBoy

COIAHLGW said:

Paying in cash/cheques for anybody with a paying in slip, and it did not have to be personalized or need ID

Having 3 separate reciprocal cash machine networks
Midland/Natwest/Ulster/TSB
Lloyds, Barclays, RBS, BOS (?)
Link network initially for building societies only
Now they are all linked together 

Building Societies had two competing networks, Matrix and Link, until they merged under the Link name.  

Of course, originally there weren't any sharing arrangements, and you could only use your own bank.  

WillPS

EarthBoy said:

Largs said:

They gave their cash machines a name.  I can only remember some...

RBS = Cashline
TSB = Speedbank
Natwest = Service Till
Lloyds = Cashpoint
Clydesdale =Autobank
Bank of Scotland = Autoteller

Yorkshire Bank = Minibank.

Barclays called theirs "hole in the wall" for a while, which I always found incongruous and cringey.

Largs

WillPS said:

EarthBoy said:

Largs said:

They gave their cash machines a name.  I can only remember some...

RBS = Cashline
TSB = Speedbank
Natwest = Service Till
Lloyds = Cashpoint
Clydesdale =Autobank
Bank of Scotland = Autoteller

Yorkshire Bank = Minibank.

Barclays called theirs "hole in the wall" for a while, which I always found incongruous and cringey.

I'm sure BARCLAYCASH too in the very early days. (before I was born!)

J63320

COIAHLGW said:

Paying in cash/cheques for anybody with a paying in slip, and it did not have to be personalized or need ID

Combining this one with “staff who knew who you were”: as my grandmother got older and less mobile, my mother used to go to the bank and pay in her cheques for her. But … my mother’s maiden name and her married name differed in only one letter. So “helpful” staff who knew her, but didn’t realise she was my grandmother’s daughter, would “correct” the paying-in slips and Granny’s money would end up in Mum’s account.

deinoflex

I seem to remember a very early Barclays cash machine where you were issued with a set of miniature punched cards, you fed one into the machine and got a plastic clip with £10 in it. The machine was made of very solid looking steel, to stop you attacking it with a jemmy. Or did I imagine it?

flaneurs_lobster

deinoflex said:

I seem to remember a very early Barclays cash machine where you were issued with a set of miniature punched cards, you fed one into the machine and got a plastic clip with £10 in it. The machine was made of very solid looking steel, to stop you attacking it with a jemmy. Or did I imagine it?

Yes, like these from RBS.

https://www.natwestgroup.com/heritage/history-100/objects-by-theme/serving-our-customers/cash-card-1969.html

Vaguely remember another kind of ATM where you punched in a code and a solid draw opened and a larger format card was placed inside, drawer closed and £10 dispensed. 

lr1277

Not specifically branch related but needing cheque guarantee cards for your cheques.

You debit card was also your cheque guarantee card.

I am a bit hazy on this as this was over 30 years ago, I but I think of heard of one instance,  where there was a cheque book mix up between 2 sisters out shopping, and the 'wrong' cheque guarantee card presented against a cheque (i.e. a completely different signature and account number) and the retail assistant accepted the cheque.

username

DiamondLil said:

Branch opening hours: Monday - Friday, 10.00am - 3.00pm.

Some banks have completely gone full circle and have these as their core opening times once again, or even less!

username

lr1277 said:

Not specifically branch related but needing cheque guarantee cards for your cheques.

You debit card was also your cheque guarantee card.

I am a bit hazy on this as this was over 30 years ago, I but I think of heard of one instance,  where there was a cheque book mix up between 2 sisters out shopping, and the 'wrong' cheque guarantee card presented against a cheque (i.e. a completely different signature and account number) and the retail assistant accepted the cheque.

Ah, those were the days when you could use cheques in shops. I remember getting a cheque guarantee card with my 'adult' Lloyds bank account, I probably only used the function once (probably just to test it out) before they withdrew the cheque guarantee scheme and cheque acceptance within shops all together. 
I also recall there was a bureau that would authorise the cheque and chase the debt for it if you wrote a rubbery one.
The shop I worked in as a student would accept cheques as well the usual cash and cards, however, our card machine was connected via dialup, so it was a competition to see what was the slowest method!

ChirpyChicken

username said:

lr1277 said:

Not specifically branch related but needing cheque guarantee cards for your cheques.

You debit card was also your cheque guarantee card.

I am a bit hazy on this as this was over 30 years ago, I but I think of heard of one instance,  where there was a cheque book mix up between 2 sisters out shopping, and the 'wrong' cheque guarantee card presented against a cheque (i.e. a completely different signature and account number) and the retail assistant accepted the cheque.

Ah, those were the days when you could use cheques in shops. I remember getting a cheque guarantee card with my 'adult' Lloyds bank account, I probably only used the function once (probably just to test it out) before they withdrew the cheque guarantee scheme and cheque acceptance within shops all together. 
I also recall there was a bureau that would authorise the cheque and chase the debt for it if you wrote a rubbery one.
The shop I worked in as a student would accept cheques as well the usual cash and cards, however, our card machine was connected via dialup, so it was a competition to see what was the slowest method!

think it was Transax