Talk:Banker's draft

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I want to know if the person receiving a banker's draft can get the funds in cash from his bank, or whether he has to wait. I.e. does it function like a postal order or like a cheque for the recipient. The article doesn't tell me.

Hey there 193.36.240.5. If you write four ~ characters at the end of your comment you'll "sign" it, so we can see who posted and when really easily. Anyhow, to answer your question, it is on the edges of my unerstanding, so I would rather guess here than put erroneous information into the article. In the UK if you "cross" a cheque or (I think) a banker's draft it can only be paid into an account, you can't endorse it and hand it over to a teller for cash. Crossing cheques (marking them A/C Payee) has been common practice in the UK for many years. You could, I guess get a draft made out to "cash" but that would be a tad pointless, why not just get the cash out in the first place? It also makes it like a bearer cheque, as in whoever holds it has the value. Bad news if you drop it en-route to the bank. Hope that helps. LeeG 21:16, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] first draft

I've done this from memory, but I am unsure how up to date or accurate it is. Feel free to amend or change to fit the facts! LeeG 02:00, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Seemed pretty accurate to me. I've tweaked the format to fit the house style and rewritten it slightly. Davidbod 14:33, 31 July 2006 (UTC)