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Proving Your Identity

Contact: Lynne Bartlett
Date: 13 Aug 2009
 
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By law, all banks, building societies and other businesses providing financial services have to check the identity of anyone who wants to open an account or buy any financial product/service from them. This is one of the procedures that they have to undertake under the Money Laundering Regulations to stop criminals from using them to launder money. 

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  1. Single copies of this leaflet are available, free of charge, by contacting Lynne Bartlett on 020 7520 5900. Multiple copies are available to order from the British Bankers' Association www.bba.org.uk Tel: 020 7216 8900

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