Totally agree Bokkenrijder. It is a real hassle to get an account in the UK. And what an outdated system
I even got issued with a check book. Last time I saw one of those was with my grandad in the end of the 1970'
I have HSBC and I can't even transfer money to anyone's account. Let's say I owe £10 to a friend that has another bank. I can't just tap in his account and voila, he's got the money in his account in less than 10 seconds.
Try to change all your spare coins here in the UK. In the rest of the world you go in to the bank and pour them in to a machine and it goes directly to your account. Here you have to sort them and put them in plastic bags. Take them to the bank and they weigh them. You could go to a supermarket which have a machine. But they charge a fee.
