how long does a cheque take to clear in barclays?
<answer> It takes 2 working days to clear cheque in Barclays. <context> However, Bank holidays that are only observed in Scotland do count as working days. For cheques deposited in Northern Ireland, bank holidays only observed there don’t count as working days. Post offices. If you pay a cheque at a post office to your Barclays account, it’ll take 2 working days longer to process them. Speeding up the process. If you need a cheque to clear faster than usual, ask to use the Direct Presentations service in any of our branches. We’ll send the cheque by Royal Mail Special Delivery to the bank the cheque is being paid from. It usually then takes that bank up to 2 working days to confirm whether the cheque can be paid.