Novel new use of PGP keysigning sessions

Ian BROWN I.Brown at cs.ucl.ac.uk
Mon, 14 May 2001 16:44:41 +0100


>Are you saying that an ID certified by Barclays Bank to an account holding
>customer should not be accepted by (say) Barclays Asset Management?

No: same organisation.

>Or that,
>with a suitable scheme in place, an ID issued by one bank should not be
>accepted by another? Surely not.

Yes, but don't call me Shirley. It is the original bank's responsibility to 
"know their customer" for money laundering purposes; they are unlikely to rely 
(and another bank is unlikely to give) reassurances strong enough for 
directors that might face criminal penalties.