No automatic cheque book for new accounts

If you open a new bank account and expect a cheque book, don't. In calls to 18 main UK banks and building societies, Which? claims just two banks - Nationwide and the Co-op - are automatically dispatching cheque books to new current account holders.

Clearly the banking industry would like cheques to die quietly and quickly - but they are still popular with many.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%