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

flaneurs_lobster

RBS / NatWest issued a card (was it just a cheque guarantee card?) which had a thumbnail-sized b&w head'n'shoulders photo on the rear. Doubt if it stopped much cheque fraud, the photo was pretty hard to see.

ChirpyChicken

flaneurs_lobster said:

RBS / NatWest issued a card (was it just a cheque guarantee card?) which had a thumbnail-sized b&w head'n'shoulders photo on the rear. Doubt if it stopped much cheque fraud, the photo was pretty hard to see.

 National & Provincial Building Society did a credit card back in the 1990s where you could add your photo on i believe

YorksLass

BlueonBlue said:

The bricks and mortar bank premises where the ceased practises actually took place .

^^^^^^ This!      There used to be 6 different branch banks within walking distance of where I live - today there are none.  A couple of years ago we didn't even have a Post Office for a while until they found new premises.

One of the banks (TSB) used to send a rep to my children's primary school on Monday mornings so the kids could hand over their cash and have it written up in their passbook.  It taught them the fundamentals of saving small amounts regularly.

ChirpyChicken

YorksLass said:

BlueonBlue said:

The bricks and mortar bank premises where the ceased practises actually took place .

^^^^^^ This!      There used to be 6 different branch banks within walking distance of where I live - today there are none.  A couple of years ago we didn't even have a Post Office for a while until they found new premises.

One of the banks (TSB) used to send a rep to my children's primary school on Monday mornings so the kids could hand over their cash and have it written up in their passbook.  It taught them the fundamentals of saving small amounts regularly.

In France and other European countries bank branches are every where as people as its a much more cash based society

gsmh

YorksLass said:

One of the banks (TSB) used to send a rep to my children's primary school on Monday mornings so the kids could hand over their cash and have it written up in their passbook.  It taught them the fundamentals of saving small amounts regularly.

Yes - I was a primary school teacher in the 80s and I ran the school bank, courtesy of the TSB. It was very successful and the children loved saving their money. 

Rudyson

flaneurs_lobster said:

RBS / NatWest issued a card (was it just a cheque guarantee card?) which had a thumbnail-sized b&w head'n'shoulders photo on the rear. Doubt if it stopped much cheque fraud, the photo was pretty hard to see.

I used to have the RBS photocards. I believe they stopped them because they actually increased fraud: People would see a small photo and assume it must be genuine, whereas a signature was more likely to be examined.

UKX69

My local NatWest 9.30 - 3.30

ChirpyChicken

I am sure Barclays used to have some kind of in branch cheque sorting machine

IanManc

When I did a week's work experience from grammar school in a NatWest the branch had a cheque printing machine. There was a metal plate for each account. You got a a pre-printed branch chequebook from a locked cupboard and filled in a register to say which name you were going to print on it, loaded the machine with the plate, and manually printed the account number and holder's name on each individual cheque. The machine was supposed to turn the pages of the chequebook itself but this was hit and miss so it was better to do it manually so no cheques got missed.

ChirpyChicken

Didn't Lloyd's cash machines have a cover that lifted up when you put your card in