What is a banking cashier?
A retail bank cashier handles all forms of customer transactions, processes deposits and cashes cheques, resolves customer enquires and refers service requests to appropriate bank departments. Cashiers are becoming increasingly involved in the marketing of financial products, referring customers to personal bankers. Cashiers identify cross-selling opportunities, or sales of additional products to bank customers.
Cashiers also work in the foreign exchange department of the bank supplying currency and travellers’ cheques and advising on insurance. They also make payments abroad on behalf of customers, prepare letters of introduction for business clients travelling abroad and provide information on the trading conditions of overseas markets.
If I work as a banking cashier what will I be doing?
The work of retail bank cashiers is based around contact with customers. Your work will includes arranging standing orders and direct debits, to pay bills, for example. You will be responsible for opening and closing customers’ accounts. Cashiers deal with regular customer transactions at the counter.
Typical duties include:
- Handling customer transactions such as checking or savings deposits, cheque cashing, and savings withdrawals
- Preparing coin and currency for retail customers
- Accepting credit card, mortgage, and loan payments
- Accepting utility payments
- Promoting banking services and answering customer inquiries
- Referring loan requests to appropriate banking department
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