Serious bank...?

May 24, 2004 3 Replies

A business partner is considering to open an account at

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- is this a serious bank? I have not found the "Standard Mercantile Bank" in any banking directory, neither with
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Has anyone got the possibility to provide some neutral information?



Thanks a lot!



Greetings from Switzerland



Pascal


Pascal,

Run (don't walk) away from this one ! The address is shared with an Accountants and Driving Test Centre.........

One thing to bear in mind is that most financial institutions in the UK (certainly banks) have to register with the Financial Services Authority, and they have a register to check firms with at

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. Unsurprisingly, it's not on there ! Why don't you try something like Royal Bank of Scotland
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or Halifax Bank of Scotland
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instead.

J.

The menu option "Barrowing Solutions" on their website seems to be fairly conclusive. :)

Well, as mentioned, it's a business partner that would like to open an account there - because some person wants to send her some of his money onto her account for some not-so-clear reasons.

Actually, we have first class international banks here in Switzerland...

Yours,

Pascal

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