Deposit cheques with Halifax bank without having to go to a bank branch

Found 6th Feb

This is not a deal really but it does save money for people who have to travel to a halifax bank branch only to deposit cheques.

Halifax mobile banking app now lets customers deposit cheques without having to go into a branch.

Just take a picture of front and back sides of the cheque from the app and that's it.

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17th Feb

Full details and simple how to step by step here

halifax.co.uk/abo…ts/

17th Feb

Just logged into my Halifax app today to find a new feature in the menu called Cheques (BETA).

When clicking on this you are able to deposit cheques and see your cheque deposit history.

You deposit by taking a picture of the cheque front and back.

This will save me stock piling my cheques from birthday and Christmas until about 4 months later when I remember they're there.

It is still under testing, hence the BETA, but still good for some (including me).

-99dealz

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113 Comments

6th Feb

Handy to know.
Not that I have seen a cheque in years.

6th Feb

Good idea!

6th Feb

Isn’t a cheque something you ask for in an American restaurant after a meal 🧐

6th Feb

great thx cracking idea

6th Feb

Great info, cheers!

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6th Feb

Thanks @jus4fun141 I've moved this to Misc as it's info rather than a deal

6th Feb

That's good to know

6th Feb

You can also use a post office

6th Feb

I nearly got into trouble for this.

Oh wait, thought you said take pictures of the back sides of Czechs...

7th Feb

harmageddon1 h, 14 m ago
Isn’t a cheque something you ask for in an American restaurant after a m …Isn’t a cheque something you ask for in an American restaurant after a meal 🧐

Nah that's a check :).

7th Feb

That’s fab! If only Natwest did the same, all my local branches closed I have to drive 20 miles

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7th Feb

andywedge7 h, 11 m ago
Thanks @jus4fun141 I've moved this to Misc as it's info rather than a deal

Thanks. Agree, this is info but this is a deal - hotukdeals.com/dea…493

Original Poster

7th Feb

andywedge7 h, 14 m ago
Thanks @jus4fun141 I've moved this to Misc as it's info rather than a deal

And this is a deal too - hotukdeals.com/dea…509

7th Feb

coming to all banks soon, been in the US for years, one less thing to go to a branch for.

7th Feb

Cheques are the most irritating form of payment to receive

7th Feb

sicklysweet9 h, 32 m ago
You can also use a post office

Given up on this. Had 2 cheques go missing. Both appeared after 2 weeks but no tracking and the receipts they give you at the counter mean nothing. Cash is fine to pay in but avoid cheques

7th Feb

This is great news, I'm forever having customers paying me by cheque.

7th Feb

wayners32 m ago
Given up on this. Had 2 cheques go missing. Both appeared after 2 weeks …Given up on this. Had 2 cheques go missing. Both appeared after 2 weeks but no tracking and the receipts they give you at the counter mean nothing. Cash is fine to pay in but avoid cheques

I've used this a lot as my company banks with bank of ireland, i find that some of the people in the post office forget to send them off and it takes ages other times it will be in after a day or two. Plays havoc if you want to do an accurate cashflow.

7th Feb

wayners35 m ago
Given up on this. Had 2 cheques go missing. Both appeared after 2 weeks …Given up on this. Had 2 cheques go missing. Both appeared after 2 weeks but no tracking and the receipts they give you at the counter mean nothing. Cash is fine to pay in but avoid cheques

Me too. I opened a Post Office account instead. I put cheques through that and then transfer to Halifax when cleared. Bit longwinded, but better than travelling almost five miles to the nearest Halifax.

7th Feb

Bestard11 h, 10 m ago
I nearly got into trouble for this.Oh wait, thought you said take pictures …I nearly got into trouble for this.Oh wait, thought you said take pictures of the back sides of Czechs...

did you though, that was really funny.

7th Feb

I'll have to check I can do this with the Czech cheques I get for the checked cloth I sell they may not let me due to my chequered past.

7th Feb

they also clear faster, by the next working day.

not that I get many cheques, may write one to myself to test it

7th Feb

Thank you, OP. I wasn't aware of this, but it's very handy to know about.

I've previously asked Direct if they're going to do this, but apparently they don't have any plans to do so.

7th Feb

Then complain that they are closing branches ????

10th Feb

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank now offer this service too via the mobile app.

17th Feb

I think Barclays has the same feature.

17th Feb

Hopefully others will follow

17th Feb

Who the hell accepts cheques? More to the point, who the hell sends them?

Should have been made truly obsolete a while back, ignoring those who protested because it was inconvenient to do so.

17th Feb

Oh that's quite a good idea. It's a pain to have to go to a bank to deposit the odd Jeff.

17th Feb

Clydesdale Bank is doing the same, saves me the hassle of posting cheques (the odd occasion I get one) back up to Scotland considering they don't have branches in England.

17th Feb

m5rcc2 m ago
Who the hell accepts cheques? More to the point, who the hell sends …Who the hell accepts cheques? More to the point, who the hell sends them?Should have been made truly obsolete a while back, ignoring those who protested because it was inconvenient to do so.

Oh I know, it's very much straight to the "oh great a forced trip to the bank" each time I get one. But everyone sends them in cards still I think. It's all I get anyway haha.

17th Feb

ScubaDudes4 m ago
Hopefully others will follow

Barclays started this in 2014...

17th Feb

99dealz2 m ago
But everyone sends them in cards still I think. It's all I get anyway haha.

Everyone? How many grandparents/great aunts do you have?!

17th Feb

m5rcc1 m ago
Barclays started this in 2014...

Well all the people I know are with TSB, Lloyds or Halifax.

17th Feb

m5rcc1 m ago
Everyone? How many grandparents/great aunts do you have?!

Everyone in my family send a cheque so it can be cancelled if it gets lost in the post.

17th Feb

Does this work with money too?

17th Feb

99dealz1 m ago
Everyone in my family send a cheque so it can be cancelled if it gets lost …Everyone in my family send a cheque so it can be cancelled if it gets lost in the post.

Ask them to join the twenty-first centruy.

17th Feb

m5rcc1 m ago
Ask them to join the twenty-first centruy.

Which would entail?

17th Feb

m5rcc8 m ago
Who the hell accepts cheques? More to the point, who the hell sends …Who the hell accepts cheques? More to the point, who the hell sends them?Should have been made truly obsolete a while back, ignoring those who protested because it was inconvenient to do so.

I've paid 2 tradesmen over the past 6 months with cheques.

Many building societies still issue them when savings accounts mature.

17th Feb

Thanks for sharing @99dealz a lot of people would be surprised how
many people still use / love sending something like a cheque to cash!