What can I do if i am not satisfied with the amount of time it takes for my bank to clear a cheque? The bank in question is Lloyds TSB, and for a big clearing bank the amount of time they take to clear a cheque into a student account is totally unacceptable. I paid in a large-ish cheque on monday of this week, and was told yesterday by someone in my local branch that this money will not be ready until Wednesday the 7th Jan. Now, bearing in mind that this cheque was from
another Lloyds TSB account held at the very branch I was paying the cheque in at! 6 working days (not including the monday, and of course today and the weekend) is simply not good enough!