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by foldr 2533 days ago
I could certainly deposit checks in any bank branch 12 years ago in the UK. Your experience there seems weird. Even 12 years ago, no-one in the UK really used checks, so that might have something to do with it.

Opening an account is indeed unnecessarily difficult for immigrants, and UK landlords can get away with anything due to an almost total absence of regulation.