Re: Blossom Dearie
Bank security up until 2000 was quite lax in many ways. I had to transfer a sizeable amount of money (in the £1000s) from my UK account to my new Swiss account for the deposit on a flat.
I phoned my UK bank, a major high street brand which still exists, and only had to confirm my name, UK address and account number and of course my Swiss account number for it to be transferred. I would sincerely hope that this wouldn't be possible now.
The biggest issue was that my Swiss account number had a letter in it and full stops which caused no end of fun entering it into the system at the UK end.
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