Paying A Cheque For A High Street Bank Into A Post Office

[Kazal]

Are you required to complete a bank paying in slip when paying a cheque into a post office?

[vulcan42]

yes

[Tuvok]

You may need a specific envelope for your bank - the Post Office may or may not have them in stock.

[JimF]

Post Offices have generic pay-in slips. The actual bank is not important - all you need is sort code and account number.

[vulcan42]

Is it possible different post office branches have different rules? Since my local bank closed last year I've paid quite a few cheques into the PO, I've always been asked to fill in a slip from my lodgment book.

[Buenchico]

The Post Office website states you need to "bring a pre-printed paying in slip to pay in cheques" and "a branded envelope for your cheque deposit":
https://www.postoffice.co.uk/everydaybanking

The Barclays website (as an example) says "To pay in cheques, you’ll need a pre-printed paying-in slip and a cheque-deposit envelope. Fill in all of the details and hand it to the Post Office staff. Cheques deposited this way will take two days to reach your account.

You’ll find pre-printed paying-in slips at the back of your cheque book. You can order them and the envelopes by calling us on 0800 169 3091 or by speaking to us in branch":
https://www.barclays.co.uk/ways-to-bank/post-office-banking/

So, as I read it, you DO need a pre-printed paying-in slip and YOU ALSO need a paying-in envelope supplied by your bank.

[vulcan42]

Interesting, my local PO keeps a selection of bank envelopes, I haven't been asked for those.

[JimF]

It looks like it may depend on the bank after all - apologies.

However, if you're with Barclays for example, you do not need to get a paying-in slip from Barclays - you can just use the generic one from the Post Office:
https://www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-banking-services#barclays

[Buenchico]

^^^ Jim's link doesn't directly work. You need to click on 'Withdraw and deposits' (and then select the relevant bank) to view the relevant information.

[sherrardk]

If you’re paying it into your own account you can just use your bank card.

[Tuvok]

I got envelopes from Santander - only needed on, but they only send out 30 at a time! So I gave mine to my local post office.

[Kathyan]

You can pay cash in using your bank card but you need a paying in slip and envelope for cheques. Our PO has Natwest envelopes but I have a paying in book and use that for cheques.

[lankeela]

I'm with Co-op so very few branches - I pay cheques in via Post Office and use a paying in slip and envelope supplied either by Co-op Bank or sometimes if I run short the Post Office keep a few. You write your sort code and account number in the box on the front of the envelope and paying in details on the slip. Recently however I made the mistake of using the wrong paying in slip with a cheque but it still cleared my account so they must have used the details on the envelope.

[jourdain2]

O.P. Yes, is the simple answer. When my local bank branch closed I asked about this and they sent me a book of paying-in slips. A cheque is, as I type, on the sideboard ready to be paid in tomorrow.