Government backed Deposit Insurance is like the rip cord on a
parachute. It is the thing you know will save you if it all goes
horribly wrong. As long as it is there you can pull it and the parachute
will open saving you from otherwise certain death. The government
guarantees your money if your bank goes bust. In the UK the limit is
£85K per account. Double that for a joint account.
It’s just nice to know it is there. Nice to think that whatever other injustices are heaped upon us, in extremis there is still one ultimate guarantee our government has in place for us. It may be only there as a last resort but at least it is our last resort. It proves that there is at least one way left in which our governments are still trying to look out for and protect the best interests of us, the people. In this one way at least the purpose of government for the benefit of the people has not been corrupted or removed.
Or at least that is what I used to think.
A friend of mine did a little digging for me in Greece recently. What he found is that at least one major UK bank is deeply involved in capital flight from Greece and quite possibly from other European nations as well. This bank which I won’t name if you don’t mind has been advertising to Greeks-with-savings that they should switch their savings from their Greek bank to this UK bank. So far so ordinary. Unsavoury, predatory perhaps, but not illegal.
What piqued my friend’s interest was that the bank was telling prospective clients that this was not the Greek registered part of the bank family but a branch of that bank’s UK operation. For the sake of clarity let’s call the bank RBHS. No such bank exists, I’m sure you’ll agree.
Read more: http://www.golemxiv.co.uk/2012/10/deposit-insurance-who-is-it-for-really/
It’s just nice to know it is there. Nice to think that whatever other injustices are heaped upon us, in extremis there is still one ultimate guarantee our government has in place for us. It may be only there as a last resort but at least it is our last resort. It proves that there is at least one way left in which our governments are still trying to look out for and protect the best interests of us, the people. In this one way at least the purpose of government for the benefit of the people has not been corrupted or removed.
Or at least that is what I used to think.
A friend of mine did a little digging for me in Greece recently. What he found is that at least one major UK bank is deeply involved in capital flight from Greece and quite possibly from other European nations as well. This bank which I won’t name if you don’t mind has been advertising to Greeks-with-savings that they should switch their savings from their Greek bank to this UK bank. So far so ordinary. Unsavoury, predatory perhaps, but not illegal.
What piqued my friend’s interest was that the bank was telling prospective clients that this was not the Greek registered part of the bank family but a branch of that bank’s UK operation. For the sake of clarity let’s call the bank RBHS. No such bank exists, I’m sure you’ll agree.
Read more: http://www.golemxiv.co.uk/2012/10/deposit-insurance-who-is-it-for-really/
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