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Sunday 29 May 2011

Post Office banking support

Now that the closure of the Milford on Sea HSBC Bank branch is upon us, it is evident that the many efforts of local people & MP to save our village branch has failed. The ‘grey suits’ from HSBC have simply ignored everyone and insensitively closed the doors.

One of our readers has like everyone else expressed disappointment, and helpfully pointed out that our local village post office provides banking services as well. This facility is available from 9 am to 5.30 pm from Monday to Friday, and from 9 am to 12 noon on Saturdays. Sue is doing all that she possibly can to provide customers with an alternative means of banking within the village, but she can only provide a service to those customers who bank with those banks which have a arrangement with the Post Office to provide this facility. Unfortunately HSBC and Nat West are two banks, which have never allowed the Post Office to provide this facility.

Any personal banking customer of Barclays or Lloyds can both withdraw cash and pay in cash or cheques at the post office. Also business customers of Alliance and Leicester can make cash deposits at post offices within the UK. We understand that cash withdrawals from the Halifax Building Society are now also available, but unfortunately it is seemingly not yet possible to make any deposits at the post office for the Halifax.

Final word is still awaited for the future of the HSBC ATM hole in the wall cash facilities in the village.

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