bank problems

back meant to be bank!

depends how much - money laundering can be an issue

Hello

Dear *******

(account details removed)

We hereby give notice that in 2 months from today’s date, which is at the close of
business on ******** 2011, your accounts with us will be closed and the banker/
customer contact between us terminated.

You are therefore requested to make alternative banking arrangements forthwith and
withdraw the outstanding credit balance from the accounts on or before the date of
closure.

After your accounts have been closed, no further standing orders will be paid and
any cheques or direct debits presented for payment will be dishonoured with the
answer “Account Closed”. No other credits will be accepted for the credit of your
account, but any credit paid in by you or by any third party at any other branches of this
Bank or at other Banks, will be held on a suspense account and will either be returned to
the remitter or will be paid to you in cash, upon attendance and application at this branch.
The withdrawal authority must be signed in accordance with your last mandate to the
Bank.

If we receive any request for status reports we will reply to the effect that we regret that
we are unable to express an opinion.

Please take notice that the Bank is not prepared to extend to you any services which you
had not utilised before the date of this Notice.

FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
Barclays Wealth

tossers

And the cause of this is?

From Barclays Wealth ?.
Definitely money laundering methinks.
That for all the high rollers with accounts in exotic offshore locations isn't it ?

Btw a pretty brutal letter isn't it ?
Pulling no punches on that one.
Must be some sort of very serious infraction.

not necessarily so - open an account, pay in a modest amount of cash (say 3k) into a personal account and the cashiers are told in no uncertain terms to question where the money has come from. If they don't then they face disciplinary action. The banks are becoming paranoid about money laundering and plenty of innocent customers get caught in the net.

Remarkably there was NO cash transactions on the account. However there were a number of large transfers to and from some people I do business with. Although it depends what you call large, the largest was £30k.

They were unwilling or unable to understand that these were the result of people placing bets on my behalf.

I had my lawyer deal with the bank on my behalf as I was afraid it would impact on other banking relationships that I have and have been assured - despite the tone of the letter - that this is not the case.

They went as far as to say I could open an onshore Barclays a/c in the UK and I will be testing that this week.

I hate banks