Question about bank forms

I always write mine

'Twenty Pounds and Sixty Seven Pence only'

Though you can use digits instead of the wording..

'Twenty Pounds and 67p'

It is worth writing 'only' or drawing a line after so as to prevent someone adding an extra amount, though it is not a legal thing as far as I know.

Vicky

It is worth writing 'only' or drawing a line after so as to prevent someone adding an extra amount, though it is not a legal thing as far as I know.

I always draw a line after the amount, so as not to invite alterations, so I'm covered there, then - but I do wonder about the pennies/pence notation, if 67/xx or 67/100 will work?  Only way to find out is to try, I suppose - though I can't for the life of me figure out where I'll be writing all these mysterious cheques, as the only thing I wrote cheques for before moving to the UK was my rent, and here it's a standing order direct debit.... 

I always draw a line after the amount, so as not to invite alterations, so I'm covered there, then - but I do wonder about the pennies/pence notation, if 67/xx or 67/100 will work?  Only way to find out is to try, I suppose 

I usually write my checks that way, e.g. for £35.60 I write "Thirty five 60/100 pounds" followed by a line to fill the rest of the field.  Never had one returned yet.

If you write the 60/100 thing you run the risk of having your cheque rejected by the recepient or bounced by the bank.

We don't use fractions of pennies in normal conversation, so would not use them on cheques either!  (A Brit could think that this is what you have written!)

It is quite simple, the UK and the US have different customs.  We spell kerb, while an American dictionary will spell the same thing curb.  Brits write cheques - Americans cut checks. It will keep you less likely to have problems if you follow local customs on each side of the pond.

Also there is a chance that they sent your card/pin number to your US address if you used that information to open an account. I had that happen to me when I opened my HSBC account last year - not with my debit card but with my HSBC mastercard. For reasons unknown, random bits of important account information are still being sent to the US and I picked up a bunch of it when I was in the US last week.

I had this happen to me as well with HSBC.