vroomtshh

Can a Direct Debit/standing order not come out on a Sunday or a bank holiday?

I'm sure we've all seen it. Direct debit comes out the same day every month, unless its a sunday or bank holiday. Do bank workers have any actual input in the process? I wouldn;t have thought so. So why cant it just come out as normal?

dojj

iTrader: (3)

because someone has to press a button

and the whole point of being abank holiday is that there can be no banking transactions taking place as it's against the bible or osmethng

Martyn

Are direct debits discussed in the bible then?

L33 BYT

As this is usually a time for system maintenance within banking systems as far as I am aware.

Routers/SW Upgrades and patches would usually be applied on non working days.

Like the train track maintenance i guess you would say.

pa_sjo

It's to do with batch processing. Banks still run on batch. Batches run daily. With hundreds of millions of accounts it's not so easy just to change it. There are also political reasons for leaving it as-is. Some groups of banks have faster transfer times.

Graceland

Nah, that happens all the time - they just shut the line instead and piss everyone off

slim20012

thats abit british aint

Jim Galbally

its not all as automated as you think