Bank Does Not Want To Give Me A Receipt For Cash Paid In

[Gromit]

I was unexpectedly paid for work today, so I took the cash straight to my bank, Santandar. I did not have my account details, but I had my driving licence with my photo and proof of my address.
They quickly found my account, and said it was no problem paying in the cash, but they would be unable to give me a receipt.
Even though Santandar are a reputable bank, I did not like the idea of handing over a few hundred quid without getting any form of proof, so I declined.

I assume it is some form of security measure.
Would you hand money to someone without getting any proof they had received it from you ?

[ladybirder]

Probably more worried they'd cock it up and lose it into a wrong account. If you're handing over that sort of money you get a receipt. Common sense.

[Hopkirk]

I now opt for the e mailed receipt now (it saves having to shred the paper receipt)

Mind you, I just check my mobile banking app before leaving the branch, to make sure it has reached my account.

[yogi-bear]

You have got it exactly, Jah.....Bank CCTV will prove Gromit was in there, but won't necessarily show why.
As you say, always better to check all accounted for first, then chuck them away. x

[ToraToraTora]

you get paid in bangers gromit? crikey you a drug dealer or something? It's only a monkey, surely you'd be taking it out shortly after putting it in anyway. May as well leave it in your sky as walking around bees.

[Snoopy29]

No definetely not, Personally i would take this further and email or write to Santander Head Office. Let me know how you get on??

[Cloverjo]

Lloyds Bank used to not give receipts as it 'saved time'. I once paid a sizeable amount into one of its branches for a friend. I only had the account details on a piece of paper, not an official slip. The cashier said 'That's all done for you', but he could have paid the money into his own account for all I knew. I was worried to death until I found out my friend had got the money.

[Gromit]

Tora,
It is very rare that I get paid in cash these days, which is why I did not have my bank card with me.
But this kind of thing tends to happen near the end of the financial year when budgets have to be spent. In the past I have been asked to send a March invoice for work I would be doing in a few weeks time in April.

[ToraToraTora]

fair enough, just having a Turkish gromit!