Southwest Capital

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the bank’s security camera: an old suitcase left unattended in the lobby. As he approached it, the suitcase began playing soft jazz music. Employees rushed over but found no one inside. As they opened it, out popped a small robot with headphones on, dancing to some obscure tune. Everyone burst into laughter—turns out, it was just a prank from a tech-savvy neighbor who loved practical jokes.

2. One afternoon, a delivery driver was unloading boxes when he heard someone shout from inside the bank: ‘Hey, do you take these checks in any currency?’ The delivery driver looked around nervously and whispered back, 'Only dollars, mate.' The voice laughed and said, 'Just checking—I'm always suspicious of new banks!' Turns out it was just a regular customer playing a prank.

3. One day, a delivery driver was loading crates into the vault when he overheard two guards whispering. ‘Did you see that?’ one guard asked. ‘What?’ replied his colleague. The first guard pointed towards the empty hallway and said with a straight face, ‘Someone just ordered coffee from the vending machine.’ The delivery driver grinned, realizing it must be an inside joke. Later that week, he placed his own order—just to watch the guards’ faces turn red as they pretended not to notice.

4. On a particularly humid summer morning, a delivery driver arrived at Southwest Capital with a truckload of envelopes. As he approached the entrance, he noticed something peculiar: the bank’s clock tower seemed to be playing follow-the-leader with the clouds. As he stepped inside, the delivery driver overheard a familiar voice whispering from behind the counter: 'Is that thunder I hear, or is it just another one of our clocks going haywire?' Turned out, an elderly neighbor had mistaken the moving clock hands for storm clouds and was now calmly explaining the weather to everyone in line. The driver couldn’t help but laugh, realizing that sometimes even banks can get caught up in their own little storms.