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Originally Posted by directfiesta
I have my accounts at TD Bank ... but those were opened BEFORE 9/11 ... it was a different ball game then .
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lol cool story:
I bank with TD Bank here in Toronto.. Y'know..Toronto Dominion bank. My sister is a bank manager there.
So I called TD Bank in the US, and they want me to fly to their branch to open an account to verify I'm me. I explain that I can walk 3 minutes to my local branch where I've had an account since I was born, and the bank manager there can verify me. No dice. Get on an airplane.
But then I speak to someone higher up, and even that wouldn't be enough. They need to send people to my "location" to see what I'm up to. I explain about the internet. They say they can visit my home office...
:P
I literally called the Ombudsman in Canada, and no help.
So I tried with BMO in the USA, and they can verify me remotely. How? They call TD Bank and get them to sign a form saying my signature matches etc. BMO trusts TD to verify I'm me. But TD doesn't trust TD to verify I'm me.
Ohhhh policy, you so silly.