David,
Would it help if someone who was born in this country was involved
with the process of getting a bank account? If so, then please let me
know if I can help (although note that I'm based in Manchester, and
am in London fairly infrequently).
More generally, if there's anything I can do to help get Wikimedia UK
up and running, them please let me know. I'm a PhD student in
astronomy, but I'm good with computers/websites (e.g. I created the
Young Enterprise North West website at http://
www.youngenterprisenw.org) and also administration in general.
Thanks,
Mike Peel
http://www.mikepeel.net/
On 28 Apr 2008, at 13:47, David Gerard wrote:
2008/4/28 Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>om>:
2008/4/28 Ian A. Holton <poeloq(a)gmail.com>om>:
> Something to do with money laundering and the
general inability
> of UK banks
> to be customer-friendly....
Does someone on the board have a guilty looking
face, or something?
Why would they suspect a company with next-to-no turnover of money
laundering?
Have you ever tried to get a bank account as someone not born in the
UK? I have. Took me six months, and I only got it because I got a job
with a company used to getting bank accounts opened for its employees
... which meant I could finally deposit the cheque from work I'd done
in the meantime.
It's not much easier for companies.
Our new treasurer, Paul, is slowly and painfully working through the
bureaucracy. I'm sure his forehead will feel much better when he gets
to stop banging his head against it ...
- d.
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