On Thursday, 15 August 2019 09:36:12 UTC+1, wrote:
On Thursday, 15 August 2019 09:18:00 UTC+1, NY wrote:
Does the Post Office actually act as a "virtual branch" of all the various
banks,

only up to a point:

https://www.postoffice.co.uk/everydaybanking

When I went to pay in a cheque to my NatWest
account via the advertised Post Office service, all they did was give me a
NatWest paying-in envelope which they would send to NatWest, rather than
actually crediting the money to my account. So there was no advantage in
doing it that way.

Except saving you the cost of posting the cheque yourself.

and having your cheque stolen in the post which has happened twice to me,

Jonathan