Same story here, don't try opening a bank account as an adult returning citizen. However, it depends on the bank and some have different rules & regulations or at least interpretations of the current law. For example, proof of address in some banks now has to be duplicated: two utility bills or one utility bill + .... . Other banks hardly take a look.

So, as a piece of advice to the new treasurer: look around and I can recommend Abbey for being relatively good to deal with (I am not a customer (yet?) nor an employee).

Ian

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:47 PM, David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com> wrote:
2008/4/28 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton@gmail.com>:
> 2008/4/28 Ian A. Holton <poeloq@gmail.com>:

> > 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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