BanksYour Ginger Fuhrer froths, "I hate my bank. Not because of debt or anything but because I hate being sold to - possibly pathologically so - and everytime I speak to them they try and sell me services. Gold cards, isas, insurance, you know the crap. It drives me insane. I ALREADY BANK WITH YOU. STOP IT. YOU MAKE ME FRIGHTED TO DO MY NORMAL BANKING. I'm angry even thinking about them."
So, tell us your banking stories of woe.
No doubt at least one of you has shagged in the vault, shat on a counter or thrown up in a cash machine. Or something
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chthonic, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 13:15)
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Money Laundering RegulationsMost of us, I am sure, have fallen foul of some jobsworth Nazi quoting money laundering regulations at us as their reason not to do what we want them to do, account-wise. Opening an account for a child is harder than giving birth to same.
About 15 years ago, however, things were rather more relaxed, speshly if you worked for a place that offered numbered accounts to slightly iffy people.
All we had to do to comply with regs was to ask politely what they'd be doing with any cash withdrawals over $10,000 (about £5k).
Just had to ask "and what will you be spending the money on, sir?"
One client in particular, who regularly took out about a quarter of a million dollars in cash would smile, and say "shopping".
Of course. Probably shopping for AK47's but hell, at least we'd asked.
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Sallyrsm, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 19:00,
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Not the jobsworh's fault.Anyone who has to comply with modern "anti-money-laundering" law has been threated with years in prison if they make a mistake and allow it to happen. Forgive us if we value our liberty above your conveniance -- and blame the government.
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and alsoYears in prison, even if you think to yourself "I wonder..." and fail to tell your manager, on the spot..
I know it was supposed to stop the bad guys, but....
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