Oh yes. My father once gave me some money towards buying a car. A few thusand euros. In cash. I tried depositing it in my (British) bank and had a LOT of problems with it. I nearly got arested for attempting money laundering. I tried four different banks and they all acted the same way. It reminded me George Orwell's Animal Farm ("two legs bad, four legs good", only "cash bad, wire good"). Eventually I had to fly back, give the cash back to my father and ask him to wire it to me instead.