Banks livid over £25 admin charge for £800m tax bill
Bankers were left seething today after receiving a £25 charge for a letter from the government telling them that they owed £800m in tax.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2011
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Grateful nation honours bankers with well-deserved day off
Ceremonies have been taking place across the United Kingdom to mark the August Bank Holiday, commemorating the hard work and sacrifice of the nation’s bankers and other financial sector workers who are taking a well-deserved day off.
Posted: Aug 30th, 2010
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Bank customers forced to reveal humiliating sexual details to beat identity cheats
Banks and building societies are asking for further private details such as ‘favourite sexual position’.
Posted: Jun 18th, 2009
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Banks now refusing to lend pens
A Barclays Bank customer was refused the loan of a pen earlier today, when he needed to fill out a paying-in slip. Dominic Jenkins, 27 found himself without a pen in the Maidenhead branch, but was informed of a change of policy by the bank, whose pens are now firmly glued inside the little pen holders. ‘During the current economic climate, we cannot be expected to sanction the loan of biros without guarantees of adequate security’ said a Barclays spokesman.
Posted: Jan 25th, 2009
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Bank to introduce ‘near enough’ PIN technology
‘as long as people get 2 or 3 digits correct in approximately the right order we will allow the transaction.’
Posted: Mar 31st, 2007
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