Re:You Just Reveived
by lproven on Friday March 06, 2026 @07:01AM
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I lost a Nationwide Building Society account I've had for forty years last year because the bank bought some extremely poor online-ID-verification system.
The bank forgot it had customers in a Crown Dependency. It forgot those countries issues their own ID, their own passports, their own drivers' licences. It forgot it closed its branches in those countries: it told me I had to go into my branch. My nearest branch is a £200 airfare away. It was not paying, naturally.
The crappy online-verification tool only recognises UK documents. It can't handle Isle of Man ones. They did not think.
The bank forgot it had customers in a Crown Dependency. It forgot those countries issues their own ID, their own passports, their own drivers' licences. It forgot it closed its branches in those countries: it told me I had to go into my branch. My nearest branch is a £200 airfare away. It was not paying, naturally.
The crappy online-verification tool only recognises UK documents. It can't handle Isle of Man ones. They did not think.