I've suggested that they show the leading zero but they say they can't. Whether I was talking to anybody who knew what they were talking about is another matter. In any large organisation most people seem to think it's good enough to say anything and not care whether it even makes sense.
So your account number is 00123456 and you quote that as 123456?
To clarify, that's how I would say it when *speaking* to a person (face to face or over the phone). Perhaps I might then, as a sort of by-the-way, add that they might need to stick two zeroes on the front in some contexts, but I'd only do that if I knew they were going to use it on line and if I weren't sure they'd know to do that anyway. If they were going to use the number to set up a standing order by writing informally to their bank, I wouldn't bother - I'd expect their bank to make proper sense of it.
When saying it in writing (letter or email) it'd be more economical just to quote the full 8 digits with zeroes, than to go in for all that by the way stuff.
What a great thread!
If it's of interest Lloyds TSB is a bit of an interesting case when it comes to account numbers. Historically Lloyds Bank issued account numbers of any length up to 7 digits - and in the old days leading zeros were taken as a given in all account numbers less than 8 digits, as largely only Banks had to deal with them. TSB issued 8 digit numbers. When the two banks merged all of the personal accounts were moved to the TSB system and became by default 8 digits (with leading zeros for legacy Lloyds accounts), while business accounts remained on the old Lloyds system - so in many cases still have 7 (or less) digits. This is why a personal account will be shown as 0xxxxxxx on a statement / cheque where as a business account may show as xxxxxx with no leading zero.
"PeterSaxton" wrote
Where can you get an O-level from without studying?
Anywhere. You only need to sit the exam.
Online I can transfer money between personal accounts immediately but between personal and business it happens overnight. I also can see my personal bank accounts immediately but my business bank accounts are a day behind.
Really?
I thought that 75% of the marks come from your continuous assessments.
I would love you to be right, but I don't think you are
tim
"PeterSaxton" wrote
Can you sit it at any local school?
Interesting therefore that both of on-line accounts business accounts I have access to show 8 digits with the leading zero.
Alliance & Leicester have different a/c numbers depending on whether dealing internally or externally.
That's changing in September due to the cheating taking place. When I took O levels and A levels you could just apply to sit the examinations and the studying was up to yourself. What I was meaning was that the exams are so simple nowadays that somebody with general knowledge can pass the exam papers whereas 40 years ago the exams were more rigorous.
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