Can lawyer close my bank ?

maxsik

Hi! I own little company in uk, at the moment I am in my original country for Christmas and planing to come back in two month as have some Holiday planed.
the bad things happens always when you wait) I am desperate need to switch from one biz account to anther , which as I thought will need my own visit to banks, but some friend set to me than i can hire lawyer to do so...
is it possible?
thanks!

PNPSUKNET

why the rush

missile

You don't need to be here to open an account. I recently opened an RBS business account on line and phone signed the forms by post.

If you have a.n.other (business or private) account you can transfer funds from your old account on line. Then write to bank and close your old account.

If you have a company secretary/accountant, he/she should be able to arrange it for you.

maxsik

missile wrote: »

If you have a company secretary/accountant, he/she should be able to arrange it for you.

does he /she have rights to open new account for my company without me? sorry it maybe stupid questions , i am not really good on it)

maxsik

PNPSUKNET wrote: »

why the rush

It is no so rush, but i planing to come back in two mounth time so I just trying, maybe it can be done without me.

missile

maxsik wrote: »

does he /she have rights to open new account for my company without me? sorry it maybe stupid questions , i am not really good on it)

When trying to set up my business account, I found Barclays were a nightmare to deal with. I tried RBS and they were really helpful.

You can do it all on line / phone. I did not want to waste my time going into a branch for a sales pitch. I asked to have the documents sent by e mail to you / your secretary for signature.

Go here http://www.rbs.co.uk/business/current-accounts.ashx click apply on line and follow the instructions.

You do not need to live in Scotland, but you will need to satisfy the money laundering regs which apply when setting up an account with any UK bank.

Olipro

what you want to do is grant someone power of attorney, it doesn't have to be a lawyer but it does need to be someone you can trust.

do a google on granting power of attorney - make sure the document you sign only grants them the power between a specific period of time, not indefinitely.

missile

Olipro wrote: »

what you want to do is grant someone power of attorney, it doesn't have to be a lawyer but it does need to be someone you can trust.

do a google on granting power of attorney - make sure the document you sign only grants them the power between a specific period of time, not indefinitely.

OPs question was Can lawyer close my bank ? account. he does not need power of attorney to do that. He simply writes a letter to his bank.

I am not at all sure, but I very much doubt any bank would accept a power of attorney authority to open a business bank account?

maxsik

missile wrote: »

When trying to set up my business account, I found Barclays were a nightmare to deal with. I tried RBS and they were really helpful.

You can do it all on line / phone. I did not want to waste my time going into a branch for a sales pitch. I asked to have the documents sent by e mail to you / your secretary for signature.
click apply on line and follow the instructions.

You do not need to live in Scotland, but you will need to satisfy the money laundering regs which apply when setting up an account with any UK bank.

"To open a new account, simply visit one of our branches with original documentary proof of your identity and your address. "
taken from RBS site

missile

maxsik wrote: »

"To open a new account, simply visit one of our branches with original documentary proof of your identity and your address. "
taken from RBS site

You did not look very hard did you? :rotfl:

click on the orange box which says
Apply online

maxsik

Before you apply

To protect your business from fraud - and to comply with money laundering legislation - we need to see certain documents in order to open your account.
When we get in touch with you, we'll ask you to take these documents into your new branch. We need to see these documents for all the account signatories.