Natwest to close 197 branches, 5 in Sheffield.

[Jeffrey Shaw 89]

On 18/02/2019 at 21:55, tinfoilhat said:

You can pay cheques in with Santander machines , just select deposit cheque and feed it into the machine. Been available for years.

Most clearing banks also allow cheque inpayment via Post Office counters, using bank-specific BGC envelopes.

[Fudbeer 12]

I think in a few years you will only have branches in city centres and possibly shopping centres and only a matter of time before they go.It’s all about profit and branches may provide useful services but so many of the more profitable services are now sold online.

[feargal 21]

The Natwest in the City Centre is awful now - you are greeted by a gatekeeper whose sole job appears to be stopping you seeing a real-life person, and instead funnelling you to a machine.  I needed to pay a cheque into an account which is not mine, and doesn't have a card associated.  The member of staff wouldn't even let me explain properly, and insisted on me using a machine, with my own card.  I ended up paying a cheque in someone else's name into my own account, which then cleared (well done on that level of security!).  I then had to transfer those funds via online banking... what a joke! 

[Janus 28]

34 minutes ago, feargal said:

The Natwest in the City Centre is awful now - you are greeted by a gatekeeper whose sole job appears to be stopping you seeing a real-life person, and instead funnelling you to a machine.  I needed to pay a cheque into an account which is not mine, and doesn't have a card associated.  The member of staff wouldn't even let me explain properly, and insisted on me using a machine, with my own card.  I ended up paying a cheque in someone else's name into my own account, which then cleared (well done on that level of security!).  I then had to transfer those funds via online banking... what a joke! 

That's a bit unusual.

[feargal 21]

3 hours ago, Janus said:

That's a bit unusual.

Not half!  I expected to get a notification that the payees didn't match either from the machine (which I've had before), or once it had gone through clearing.  Nothing!  Luckily I'm not a scamster or a money launderer...   To clarify as well, the name on the cheque was totally different to mine, so not the same surname, or a named child, etc.

[GinTreeS7 18]

I take it the one at Hunter Bar roundabout will still be there?

 

[Fudbeer 12]

20 hours ago, GinTreeS7 said:

I take it the one at Hunter Bar roundabout will still be there?

 

Considering it’s only open 5 hours a day and closed Saturday would not bet on it.

[Janus 28]

I suppose reducing the business hours keeps the overheads lower.

The NatWest in Rotherham closes at 3pm at the moment due to covid.  

 

If the option was close down or open for  reduced hrs , I would prefer a  bank to stay. I imagine that they would still have to pay the same amount for business rates even if only open for 3 hrs per day?  Too many businesses have left the high St  in many towns.

 

 

[redruby 279]

On 16/11/2020 at 09:43, feargal said:

The Natwest in the City Centre is awful now - you are greeted by a gatekeeper whose sole job appears to be stopping you seeing a real-life person, and instead funnelling you to a machine.  I needed to pay a cheque into an account which is not mine, and doesn't have a card associated.  The member of staff wouldn't even let me explain properly, and insisted on me using a machine, with my own card.  I ended up paying a cheque in someone else's name into my own account, which then cleared (well done on that level of security!).  I then had to transfer those funds via online banking... what a joke! 

I don’t bank with them but a couple of times I went just to withdraw cash from a machine inside that branch. The gatekeeper still tried to stop me to ask what I wanted😂. I’ve not bothered going there in there since for the cash machine  as it’s a bit annoying.

 

Edited November 18, 2020 by redruby

[mikeG 16]

Around 1964/5, I opened and ran Barclays sub-branches at Banner Cross and Meadowhead.  I don't know if they've survived but I rather doubt it.

 

 

 

 

[Jeffrey Shaw 89]

4 hours ago, mikeG said:

Around 1964/5, I opened and ran Barclays sub-branches at Banner Cross and Meadowhead.  I don't know if they've survived but I rather doubt it.

 

 

 

 

Banner Cross closed a few weeks ago after being gradually run down to just three mornings a week.