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Has anyone ever had a situation where a landlord won't take cheques because they are from a bank that doesn't have a local branch?

My wife has a Simplii Financial account (previously PC) which is a division and brand of CIBC. They won't take her cheques because they said there isn't a local branch. It is a non-bricks and mortar bank that doesn't use storefronts, but it is part of the CIBC family.

So I wrote the cheques from my CIBC account and they won't take those because my branch in from Manitoba, where I opened the account a very long time ago. They said that we have to pay cash unless we get a bank with a Vancouver area address.

Is this a reasonable request? I am not aware of any issues that would arise out of having an account with a bank from a different province. I have lived in BC, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, and never had an issue using cheques from that bank account.

I went to the bank and they said that it would be a huge hassle to change my branch to a local one.

I am beyond irritated with this situation.