Can I just say – I like HSBC Premier. I’ve never liked banks before, and regarded them as something akin to the Devil incarnate, but yesterday, they shone, going above and beyond the call of duty. And what have they done to increase my estimation? Kept the branch open! I should have transferred the money for the remain deposit yesterday – but due to an almightily cockup, known as a limit on domestic money transfers, it failed. Cue instant panic today – thankfully rectified, when after an anguished phone call to Premier Central, we worked out that the only option is for me to get a bank cheque, and for them to keep the bank open until I could get there at 5. Which they did – and good on them! But a curse on this silly system of banks shutting at 4pm – it’s like going back to the arc!
