13 AUGUST 1948, Page 17

BANKS AND THE PUBLIC

Sra,—Mr. Frank Ward's letter in your issue of August 6th apparently insists that the service a bank renders to its customers is confined to the period of the day when the b'ink is open to the public. The fact, of course, is that much of the routine work of the day is undertaken after the doors are closed. Figures are balanced, cheque books are despatched, ledgers are written up, statements are prepared, correspondence is dealt with, standing orders are attended to and many other matters which must be dealt with before the work of the day is done.—Yours faithfully,

ARTHUR V. BARBER.

Banking Information Service, 3 Lombard Street, E.C.3.