Paying in a cheque… no banks in town!

[Tumbleweed101]

I received a cheque today for the first time in years. I used to just take them into the bank but my local bank branches have closed down in the local towns. Can you pay them in at a post office - or even online?

Do you have a banking app? I normally pay them in there on the rare chance I get one. It asked me you to take photos of it.

Banking app or post them.

You can pay them in on the Barclays app by taking a photo of the front and back of the cheque.

Takes seconds on my banking App. First direct but I’d say most have the same.

Some atm machines are set up to pay them in.

Do you use a banking app on your phone? Mine allows me to deposit cheques by taking a photo of the cheque and completing a few quick details.

I discovered this for the first time recently when received a cheque for road tax refund, the Halifax banking app takes a photo of it automatically and that's it done, i was suitably impressed but then i am old 🤭

Post offices will pay cheques in for you.

I’m with HSBC and can pay by taking a photo of the front and back of the cheque.

Thank you for this post! I've had a cheque that I wasn't sure when I'd have time to bring to a bank. I've just managed to submit it via my Barclays app after seeing this post, and it's worked.
Had absolutely no idea this was possible...

Hopefully you have an account that allows you to pay in using your phone app, if not, try the Post Office but you sometimes need a paying in slip which has caught me out in the past. But it's got to be at least a couple of years or more since I've received a cheque.

Halifax have a machine you can pay it in.

You can do it in the banking app

I know u can pay in cheques for HSBC at post office

I use my app absolutely fantastic SO easy

Nationwide have a postal address you can send cheques to - cleared quickly. Maybe your bank does as well?

If the banking app doesn't work ( creased cheque or value exceeds the limit) I go to my local spar which has a PayPoint where you can pay in . Just need a paying in slip. More convenient then the Post Office as it's open all the time

Mines monzo can pay checks in vie the app up to £500 any higher you have to post of

Thanks for the replies. I have a banking app and will give it a go on there when I get up!

Showing my age and how
long since I received a cheque lol.

Wow I have been carrying a cheque around thinking how am I going to deposit it. It's for a tenner and would cost me 2.00 to park.

Just checked and can do it on Halifax banking app. Fantastic. Everyday is a school day.

I either post them or use the ATM in town. I think the Post Office will take them too.

Yep Santander have the functionality too on the app

Which bank?
You can't pay in a cheque via the Co-op app, but you can at a PO or by post - you need a paying in slip and the appropriate PO/post envelope (you can order these on the Coop website)

I’m with NatWest - you can take a photo of the cheque on the app.

Don't know if they do it now, but nationwide didn't let you pay in through an app so I just have a lloyds account that I can pay cheques in from, haven't used it for years.