I’m the treasurer of our club and recently received a questionnaire from the bank we use asking a load of apparently inane questions. These included wanting to know our monetary turnover, countries we traded in, source of income etc. I had to phone the bank and answer these questions and others. It took over 20 minutes. Explaining we were just a model boat club made no difference.
The bank have now sent me a summary which I and the club secretary have to sign. Any errors cannot be corrected by me I have to ring the bank and they will send me a corrected set of papers. The secretary and I then have to visit the local branch with our passports and driving licences to get them copied and certified. All the documents are then to be returned together with a copy of the club constitution, which we must have according to the bank, and which must also contain certain items as dictated by the bank.
Has anyone else had this indignity?
Big brother is coming, if not already here!