Banking under Enduring Power of Attorney

Roger Hird ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:30:34 +0100


In article <49DE29AE.4030405@iosis.co.uk>,
   Peter Tomlinson <pwt@iosis.co.uk> wrote:
> I have just spoken to my brother, who pointed out that there must be a 
> national database of ISAs, used to spot anyone signing up for more than 
> their tax free allowance, so maybe that is what the bank needs NI number 
> for: to index the database (as well as hopefully 'proving' that you are 
> entitled to have an ISA anyway).

It's ten years plus since I looked at this but I thought that then there
were roughly twice as many numbers on the NI register as there were people
entitled to have such a number.  If it were worth doing it ought not to be
beyond the wit of a cunning criminal to obtain a couple for nefarious
purposes.

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Roger Hird
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