Cashing a USA cheque in the UK .

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Sorry for maybe a stupid question ..
Asking for DS , He agreed I should ask here !!

DS is in USA at the moment .(uni placement)
He has a ,,obviously USA cheque to cash.,put in an account.

Can he cash it there at a post office type of place ...or can he put it in his UK bank account when he gets a ( in a few weeks)
I know the answer must be obvious,,but I just don't want him to loose this money .
Thank you .

So many typos !!!
When he gets home obviously !

Why can’t he cash it there? The issuing bank will usually swap for cash.

And I know it is lose ,,,not loose...
Just my phone didn't !!

The fees for this outside the US are insane. He needs to work it out there.

I’d take it to a bank and ask.

if not does he have a facility on his banking app to take a photo and deposit that way?

How much is it for? He can probably pay it into his U.K. account (check his bank website) but there may be fees which will eat into the cash.

@Ducksinthebath that was what we wanted to know thank you .
Yes , he is there for another 3 weeks.He could find a branch and just change it up .
( That would help him with his travel costs !)

Missed some posts ,sorry .
But thank you .

I used to live in the US and you could cash cheques (or checks as they spell it) in places called currency exchanges. I also think that Walmart has this service. Of course there is a fee for this. I never personally used one as we had a bank account.

Americans use cheques a lot. Lots of people don’t have bank accounts

I had to pay a US cheque into a UK bank about five years ago and that was an absolute nightmare. None of the bank accounts I have would take it. Eventually, the company that issued it agreed to do a direct transfer, but it took so long to sort out. I’d definitely recommend trying to find a way to get it sorted in the US, rather than here.