US Savings Bonds

Question: can anyone help with a gov. savings bond question?

My Husband an have gotten a $1,000 EE savings bond at Christmas for 3 years now. We don’t have a bank account & can’t open one because ours wasn’t shut down. When we got the 1st I called around and found the only bank that would cash that amount without having an account with them was US Bank.So that’s where we’ve been going. This year the bank manager said we can’t cash it because with interest it’s over $1,000 (which it has been every year) We explained this, but they still said no. Does anyone no a place that would cash it?
We can’t open a savings account for 3 yrs and checking for 5 because a checking account close due to a negative balance.

Answer: try any fed. reserve bank.i don’t see why you would need an account a bond is like cash .

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