I gave my granddaughter a cashiers check for her college graduation. The bank put a 30 day hold on it. Is that normal? Is there another banking instrument that I should have used? submitted by /u/TimothyMarkK

LPT HOW TO AVOID CASHIERS stealing winning scratch and lotto tickets. I’ve seen a few videos lately about clerks at gas stations scanning lotto tickets for customers but then keeping the lotto ticket themselves saying that it’s not a winner. I’ve worked at two gas stations in Washington (because I’m a giant winner) and at both places there is a little scanner, usually near the machine where you can buy scratch tic…

Bank refused to write a cashiers check – never heard of this Wanted to get some insight as I’ve never run into this issue before nor has anyone else I’ve known. I’m based out of the US. Tried to send a wire transfer to a colleague / extended family member of mine. The bank refused due to fraud protection. I didn’t take any issue with it since wires are often a primary instrument for scams and financial fr…

if i’ve been waiting for a cashiers check to show up in the mail.. and i become impatient thinking maybe it got lost or stolen somehow, so i go to the issuing banks branch and ask them to put a stop on the cashiers check and reissue a new one or something along those lines.. Do they automatically put a stop on the original and reissue a new one? BUT what if, right after the day i went to the bank and told them …

Cashing old cashiers check I have a one year old cashiers check that neither Bank of America or verity credit union will cash. I am a customer at both. I had called the issuing bank (westamerica bank in California) to make sure it could still be cashed and they said it’s good for 3 years. There is no expiration date on the check. I also called the customer service line fo…

Bank closed my account and sent me a cashiers check So I made a mistake entering a money order at the atm. A money order for 1,000 usd was deposited but entered as 100,000 usd on my error. Could not see the screen well, in my defense. Called the bank immediately and they said that it would correct within couple days. Days go by with no correction. They have at this point held 1,000 of the 100,000…

Landlord makes us use cashiers check and it was lost in the mail. What are the options here? We can’t afford to cover it but now he’s asking for us to Zelle him since we’re late. (Something he would not let us do prior) The bank said they canceled the check and will reimburse the account in 90 days. submitted by /u/Snake_in_a_tree