I was
bitterly dissapointed when the lady at the counter at my
bank today told me that another bank's
cheque would need three days to clear (I needed the money
FAST). You would think that with all the advances in
technology, with
ATMs accepting cards from other banks, etc, that they would be able to verify in a matter of seconds whether the account of the issuer of the cheque has any funds remaining or not.
I'm not talking about a transfer of money between the Commonwealth Bank of
Timbuktu and the National
Nicaragua Bank either. I'm talking about two major
Australian banks.
I'm getting the impression that more and more
fees are being charged to customers, processing times are
the same as always and customer service is getting poorer and more expensive as Banks are striving to push customers away from
tellers. Am I the only one
enraged by this?