Bank machine to cut out counting coins
Loose change and bags of coins could soon be a problem of the past after a Shropshire bank launched a pilot project with a machine capable of counting up to 1,000 coins at a time which can then be fed into a person's account. Loose change and bags of coins could soon be a problem of the past after a Shropshire bank launched a pilot project with a machine capable of counting up to 1,000 coins at a time which can then be fed into a person's account. Customers using the NatWest's Shrewsbury head branch in Mardol will be among the first people in the country to try out the new service. The new machine will sort and count their coins for them. They will be able to tip up to a 1,000 coins at a time into the machine, which will then work its magic, even sending any foreign coins or the odd button, back out to them, along with a total of how much they have paid in. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star.
Loose change and bags of coins could soon be a problem of the past after a Shropshire bank launched a pilot project with a machine capable of counting up to 1,000 coins at a time which can then be fed into a person's account.
Customers using the NatWest's Shrewsbury head branch in Mardol will be among the first people in the country to try out the new service.
The new machine will sort and count their coins for them.
They will be able to tip up to a 1,000 coins at a time into the machine, which will then work its magic, even sending any foreign coins or the odd button, back out to them, along with a total of how much they have paid in.
Any NatWest customer who has dreamed of an easier way of counting coins after bagging up cash from children's money boxes, takings from a business, or even a school summer fete, is in for a treat as staff at the branch unveil the new enhanced cash and deposit machine.
It will also offer the bank's customers an array of other services, including a state-of-the-art image receipt service, which will, upon request, provide them with an image of each cheque and paying in slip deposited - ideal for people paying in for their employers, a friend or community organisation.
The paying in service can be activated by a NatWest account card or NatWest pre-printed paying in slip, and allows the option to deposit up to 50 cheques, 50 notes and 1,000 coins per transaction.
Tim Johnson, branch manager at NatWest Shrewsbury Mardol Head, said: "My team and I are delighted to be able to offer these new services to our customers.
"Our aim is to provide an outstanding service to our customers at all times and this gives us another opportunity to do so."
He added: "The on-screen instructions make the facilities very simple to use and we will be on hand to assist anyone wanting to give them a try."
Anyone wanting to find out about the new cash and deposit machine service, which is available to both business and personal customers, or who wants to discuss any other ways that NatWest bank can help them, should call in at the branch.
