fill   10 #73 Posted August 10, 2018 The government don't want us to dealing in cash, they are still a major shareholder in RBS / Nat West and this is down to making it more difficult for us rather than any cost cutting exercise.   I have long been convinced that the state, whoever is in power, would like us all to stop using cash altogether.  Which is just one of the reasons why I will go out of my way to use branches of my bank as far out of the city centre as possible and whenever possible I will always use cash rather than plastic and will still use my chequebook if ata ll possible when sending for something outside reasonable travel distance.  Not just for myself do I do this. There are lots of people that either prefer not to go into the city to use their bank for various reasons, or have other challenges in using non-local branches. If you can use cash I implore you to do so and if you can use one of he smaller branches of your bank not in the city center I implore you to do that too.  I assure you it is in your own interest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
abbeyedges   83 #74 Posted August 10, 2018 I have long been convinced that the state, whoever is in power, would like us all to stop using cash altogether. Which is just one of the reasons why I will go out of my way to use branches of my bank as far out of the city centre as possible and whenever possible I will always use cash rather than plastic and will still use my chequebook if ata ll possible when sending for something outside reasonable travel distance.  Not just for myself do I do this. There are lots of people that either prefer not to go into the city to use their bank for various reasons, or have other challenges in using non-local branches. If you can use cash I implore you to do so and if you can use one of he smaller branches of your bank not in the city center I implore you to do that too.  I assure you it is in your own interest.  Very noble post fill and I agree entirely but I am not sure our efforts to use the smaller branches in the suburbs will have any affect. I've used the Millhouses branch on numerous occasions and always found it busy and yet it's not escaped the cull.  In supermarkets I refuse to use the self service check outs. Tesco, Morrisons, Asda etc can afford the staff with the profits they are making on the back of British farmers and so they can easily pay the £7.83 per hour for a few more till operators. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
fill   10 #75 Posted August 13, 2018 Very noble post fill and I agree entirely but I am not sure our efforts to use the smaller branches in the suburbs will have any affect. I've used the Millhouses branch on numerous occasions and always found it busy and yet it's not escaped the cull.  unfortunately true but if you don't try then you have already failed  In supermarkets I refuse to use the self service check outs. Tesco, Morrisons, Asda etc can afford the staff with the profits they are making on the back of British farmers and so they can easily pay the £7.83 per hour for a few more till operators.  aye and remember they only pay them 7 pound odd an hour and how many of them are employed on a part-time basis with reduced rights or even on zero hours with virtually no rights. which is why i also generally will wait for a till operator. i will use the self check outs when there is nobody else using them because then they sometimes have two people minding 8 tills with only one customer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
small_hall   10 #76 Posted August 16, 2018 does anyone know if the Hillsborough branch of Natwest is staying open? There had been signs to say it was closing earlier in the year which were taken down, followed by another sign to say the branch was closing in August - today i noticed that this has also been removed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Anna B   1,414 #77 Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) I have long been convinced that the state, whoever is in power, would like us all to stop using cash altogether. Which is just one of the reasons why I will go out of my way to use branches of my bank as far out of the city centre as possible and whenever possible I will always use cash rather than plastic and will still use my chequebook if ata ll possible when sending for something outside reasonable travel distance.  Not just for myself do I do this. There are lots of people that either prefer not to go into the city to use their bank for various reasons, or have other challenges in using non-local branches. If you can use cash I implore you to do so and if you can use one of he smaller branches of your bank not in the city center I implore you to do that too.  I assure you it is in your own interest.  I agree. They've made it almost impossible to function without a bank account, stopped paying interest, got us up to our ears in debt, closed the branches, and then the machines. Once cash is gone, we leave ourselves at the mercy of the banks - and if 'computer says no' (which it can on a whim,) we've had it.  These are the institutions which deliberately and knowingly brought this country to its knees. Now we are allowing them to take the ultimate power over us.  Since when did the banks ever do us any favours?  Be afraid, be very afraid... Edited August 16, 2018 by Anna B Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Itrytoplease   10 #78 Posted September 27, 2018 Is it me, or is Nat West taking the mick with this new advert " were bringing the bank to you " all the following branches have been closed, yet their bringing the bank to us?  Branches Closed   Adel Leeds Alderley Edge Ambleside Bamber Bridge Bingley Blyth Bolton Chorley Old Road Bradford City Centre Carnforth Cockermouth Colne Culcheth Denton Droylsden Eccles Egremont Fleetwood Formby Frodsham Fulwell & Seaburn Gateshead High St Grange-over-Sands Hale Haxby York Heswall Hexham Huyton Keswick Kirkby Kirkham Knaresborough Liverpool One Liverpool University Longridge Lytham Manchester University Union Marple Millom New Mills New Moston North Shields Otley Pemberton Poulton-Le-Fylde Prescot Ramsbottom Royton Selby Settle Tadcaster Thirsk Timperley Ulverston Uppermill Westhoughton Wigton  Midlands and East  Alsager Ampthill Ashbourne Belper Biddulph Biggleswade Bingham Birmingham, Broad Street Bourne Buckingham Burslem Stoke-on-Trent Cheadle Coalville Coventry, Earlsdon Daventry Droitwich Spa Dronfield Eastwood Nottingham Felixstowe Frinton-on-Sea Hanley Festival Park Haverhill Horncastle Kempston Kenilworth Kirkby-in-Ashfield Leicester, Evington Road Leicester, Queen’s Road Leominster Lexden Colchester Lincoln Newark Road Lutterworth Malvern Matlock Mickelover Netherfield Northampton Nottingham University Oakham Olney Ripley Derbyshire Rugeley Sleaford South West and Wales Southwell St. James Staveley Chesterfield Stoke-on-Trent Stone Staffordshire Stowmarket Sutton Coldfield Tarporley Towcester Trentham Stoke-on-Trent Warwick Washwood Heath Whitchurch Shropshire Woburn Sands Woodbridge Wylde Green  South West and Wales  Aberdare Amlwch Boscombe Builth Wells Burnham-on-Sea Caernarfon Canford Cliffs Poole Chandler’s Ford Cheddar Conwy Ebbw Vale Emsworth Ferndown Hay-on-Wye Holywell Hythe Southampton Langport Ledbury Machynlleth Menai Bridge Monmouth New Milton Park Gates Hants Pontypool Porthmadog Prestatyn Ruthin Shanklin Isle of Wight Southampton London Road Southampton Portswood Warminster Wellington Somerset Welshpool Westbourne Bournemouth Wincanton Winton Bournemouth Worle Ystrad Mynach  London and South East  49 Bishopsgate Bearsted Broadstairs Cheshunt East Finchley Euston Road Hampstead Village Hythe Kent Maida Vale Mill Hill Parsons Green Sandwich St. John’s Wood Sunningdale Tower Bridge Warlingham Whitstable Bankside Borough Green Canada Square, Canary Wharf Chislehurst Enfield Highway Finchley Central Hendon Church Road Kingsland Marble Arch Millbank Rochester Shepperton Stamford Hill Teddington University of Kent Wembley Park Bayswater Bow Cavendish Square Coulsdon Esher Great Portland Street Highbury and Islington Leytonstone Mile End Northumberland Heath Romford Collier Row Shoreditch Staplehurst Temple Fortune Upminster Whetstone  And there doing us a favor by driving around the country with this mobile bank? Irony or what. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Fudbeer   12 #79 Posted September 27, 2018 I asked a very helpful advisor at Barclays about branch closures genrally and she said that it makes little difference whether a branch is busy or not but what it is being used for.If it is people simply paying money in and drawing money out and transfers ect then it does not matter how busy it is they may still close it.However if its the more profitable sides like mortgages and loans then thats what they are really interested in and is much more likely it will remain open. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ez8004   10 #80 Posted September 29, 2018 I haven’t used a branch in years. Everything can be done online or over the phone. Paying by cash doesn’t pay either. I use my credit card to get over £500 cashback every year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mafya   248 #81 Posted September 29, 2018 I haven’t used a branch in years. Everything can be done online or over the phone. Paying by cash doesn’t pay either. I use my credit card to get over £500 cashback every year.  Until the online banking app crashes or cards can’t be authorised as has recently happened then you have to leave the shop without your goods. Interesting article about possible chaos if we end up with a cashless society= https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/cashless-society-tsb-it-failure-visa-card-payments-tech-digital-problems-a8386901.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ez8004   10 #82 Posted September 30, 2018 Until the online banking app crashes or cards can’t be authorised as has recently happened then you have to leave the shop without your goods. Interesting article about possible chaos if we end up with a cashless society= https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/cashless-society-tsb-it-failure-visa-card-payments-tech-digital-problems-a8386901.html  I have never had an issue but then again, I am not stupid enough to only have one place or bank to access money from. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
In Uppers   10 #83 Posted October 1, 2018 Not sure - but it's a bloody long way away if it is. There's not a single cash machine that doesn't charge anywhere near any of the Leppings Lane estate. Crazy really, given the fact it is home to so many people AND affects people going to the football. I think there's a Lloyds too but it's again right in the centre.  You can use the cash machine at the Post Office in the garage for free:thumbsup: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
FreeWilly   10 #84 Posted October 6, 2018 Correct me if I’m wrong, but can you now scan cheques to pay them in as an alternative to paying it in at a branch?  Saves messing about if so, but for those who rely on a branch for whatever reason, is this new thing another nail in the coffin for bank branches and if so, will the ones that are left have enough clerks on to process the paying in from businesses who take lots of cash?  Not that it affects me but I’m curious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...