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GREEDY BANKING SYSTEM REJECTS FAMILY'S SAVINGS

A Mother who saved up £235 in pound coins towards her family's holiday of a lifetime was outraged that her bank refused to accept the cash when she tried to pay it into her savings account. Marie Edwards took the bag of coins to the Halifax branch in Yate shopping centre but was told by a cashier and the manager that they would not take large deposits in coins.
She was told there was not enough room in the safe.
Mrs Edwards, who is taking her family on a dream holiday to Disneyworld, Florida, said she was stunned when the bank declined to count the coins into her account and then let her draw it out in notes.
She said: "I just couldn't believe it when they said they wouldn't take it.

"I said I had a savings account with them and was paying my savings in but they still wouldn't listen.

"I asked them how I could save up for a holiday if the bank would not accept my savings.

"They said I could pay the money into my children's accounts, if they had one, and that would be all right - but not my own account.

"They said they would change up to five small bags a day, but not the £235 in one go."

Mrs Edwards tried the Post Office, but it said it would have exchanged the coins if she had had an account and it sent her back to the Halifax. bankofengland

She said: "I was at my wit's end and eventually the only way I could think of to change it up into notes was a bit cheeky.

"I bought some children's clothing, then took it back and got the cash.

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"I also took a smaller amount into the Lloyds Bank and they paid it out into notes and I went into a travel agent's and swapped the rest into dollars for the holiday.

"But I am so angry that I was left to run around like a headless chicken trying to change the money up into notes. It was absolutely horrendous and I still feel very angry about the whole thing."

Mrs Edwards did think of using the coin-changing machines in some Sainsbury's food stores but they take a 10 to 12 per cent service charge.

Gareth Mackie, a spokesperson for the Halifax, said: "We have imposed a limit on the number of coins we can accept simply because of the time it takes to process the transaction.

Nationalist Alliance comment: This is an everyday example of the greed of the banking system. The NA is pledged to nationalise the banks so they serve the British people not alien swindlers and speculators.