Originally Posted by
Jimmie76
Lloyds also have deposit point facilities at some of their external cashpoints and you can deposit notes cheques etc.
But these are the ones which get counted manually the next working day. I'd rather get instant confirmation - even though the most likely cause of a discrepancy would be my own misteake, theft is still possible.
Originally Posted by
dddc
If its not too late, HSBC have ATMs that can "read" cash and it's credited to your account immediately. I'm not sure where in Central London they have one that will be accessible, but there are ones at Canary Wharf and Stratford that are "open" (ie no staff working, but you can access the machines).
Just a cautionary tale, I had cash get jammed in these machines, once in the note reader and once in the coin machine. I was depositing notes on a Friday evening and there was nothing that could be done until Monday morning. Thankfully it was all fine and they called to confirmed it was in the account.
Practically all central London branches have a machine, but I don't believe any of them open on Sunday, and the OP probably doesn't have an account otherwise he would have said. The good thing about HSBC's machines is that they will take OLD Scottish, NI, IOM, Jersey and Guernsey notes (not too old), but they frequently jam, and the staff have to retrieve the notes from inside. Automated Santander, Halifax, Lloyds and Nationwide deposit machines don't jam as easily and will return folded/creased notes, whereas with HSBC they just get trapped until the machine is reset.