Talk:Banker's draft

Is it like cash?

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. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.36.240.5 (talk • contribs) 2006-10-18T11:58:11 (UTC)

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)

Stopping a Draft

Does anyone know if you can 'stop' a banker's draft as you can a regular cheque? SMK (talk) 04:39, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

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)

Difference from cashier's check

The article does not make clear the difference from a cashier's check. It lists properties of the latter, but does not explain which ones are different.Bill (talk) 02:58, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Terminology in various countries

I tried to include Canadian use, but this article could benefit from an overhaul about the various terms used in various countries around the world. There are two kinds of checks that are easily confused:

• a check drawn on a bank and issued by that same bank, which is described in the cashier's check article, and which may be taken as a promissory note (since only one party issues and pays it)
• a check drawn on a bank but issued by a different bank (possibly a subsidiary or dependent bank), which this article attempts to describe.

The second kind seems to be rare in Commonwealth countries, and they use the term "bank draft" or similar variations to describe the first kind, which collides with the American use. 204.225.215.56 (talk) 17:56, 9 August 2024 (UTC)