Have cheque to me, but no open accounts, what to do?

Scougar

Scougar

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So I discovered I'm owed some money by the gov, and the only way they will pay is by cheque. So my parents now have the cheque ready to pay somewhere. Problem is, it seems my accounts have been close due to inactivity (not in the UK anymore). How on earth can I cash these (it's only around 150 pounds) with me not being there, and me not having an open account?

For example, can you pay a cheque into paypal somehow? (I have a UK paypal account).

Other ideas welcome lol.
 
The cash cheque places... I assume they need it to be you who cashes it though, i.e. my folks couldn't do it?

Jono said:
Do you know anyone with the same name as you?
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lol, I thought the same thing... but then thought... how dodgy would that sound propositioning someone like that.


EDIT: It seems the american mobile app allows cheques to be deposited... but does the UK app allow this?
 
tom_e said:
Not yet, there was talk of it happening but I suppose as very few cheques are used over here it's not high on the must have list.
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Yeah.. I was REALLY surprised how archaic the US system is still. Cheques are still highly used, and only recently have banks really started getting more savvy with things.

That sucks, would really have solved my issue.
 
Honestly I don't know if I can put it into a US account. It's enough of a pain in the butt doing an international transfer.
 
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