Proving ones identity

Loughton_Monkey

jambosans wrote: »

Why?

My bank provide a hard copy free of charge on request. Aside from the inconvenience of having to wait a few days for the copy to arrive, there's very little reason (IMO) to opt for paper statements - unless, of course, your bank charge for hard copies.

Speed. Banks take long enough to open anyway. I always do it by return.

jambosans

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

Speed. Banks take long enough to open anyway. I always do it by return.

I guess.

Although I have ordered statements using an urgent request method and received them within two days. As I've said though, depends on the bank, so your point is still valid.

Also, not to be pedantic, but you don't necessarily have to provide a bank statement for ID purposes, as others have suggested, there are other forms of acceptable ID.

It may read like I'm nit picking, but I'm simply pointing out I don't have paper statements for any of my current accounts and have always got by - even when I have required copies for ID/ application purposes.