Banking under Enduring Power of Attorney

[Roland Perry]

In article <49DDC96C.1060606@iosis.co.uk>, Peter Tomlinson
<pwt@iosis.co.uk> writes
>Roland Perry wrote:
>> In article <49DCCECA.8020506@iosis.co.uk>, Peter Tomlinson
>><pwt@iosis.co.uk> writes
>>> [1] But last week I moved money from a savings account into an RBS ISA,
>>> and young man in the bank said that he could do that on-line provided
>>> that I showed him some proof of my AND Mother's identity - which I did,
>>> so he did the move.
>> How can you "prove the identity" of someone who isn't there?
>Well, Mother is there enough to have a two sentence conversation with,

You know I didn't mean "there" as in "aware", rather than "stood in
front of the bank clerk".

> sometimes not even that, but he would have had to go to her
>(unlikely). He asked for her NI Number, so I went back to the bank with
>the latest Pension Service letter. I suppose that he needs NI Number to
>indicate that she is a UK citizen, but they know that already -
>although it doesn't show that she is still alive (as recent cases have
>demonstrated). Maybe he was really checking on me a bit more. (I could
>have served up Mum's out of date passport, but he asked for NI #.)

Producing an NI number is nothing to do with proving identity.

<http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/Customers/WorkingAgeBenefits/Proofo
fidentity/index.html>

In *bold* at the bottom: "Your National Insurance number is not proof of
your identity.".
-- 
Roland Perry