FormerTeller
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- Apr 24, 2011
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Stopped by Chase today, to get a rare President's Day coin fix. While waiting my turn, I heard the teller tell the drive through customer that starting in March they'd have to show id to deposit money!
I figured I couldn't have heard her correctly, so I asked her about it. Turns out that all Chase banks - and presumably soon all banks everywhere - are going to require a photo id to either deposit or withdraw cash. I didn't ask her, but I suspect this will apply to people exchanging cash for coins or vice-versa. What she said was that this is being done in an effort to combat money laundering. Not only do they have to id the customer, but they have to enter the id in their computers - again, for each and every transaction. She was really b*tching up a storm, as it will mean a LOT of extra work for them.
For those of us who fly under the radar while coin roll hunting, this may throw a huge monkey wrench into the works. If nothing else, it will raise a lot more red flags for anyone who analyzes accounts, and may completely halt non-account holders from buying coin.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
I figured I couldn't have heard her correctly, so I asked her about it. Turns out that all Chase banks - and presumably soon all banks everywhere - are going to require a photo id to either deposit or withdraw cash. I didn't ask her, but I suspect this will apply to people exchanging cash for coins or vice-versa. What she said was that this is being done in an effort to combat money laundering. Not only do they have to id the customer, but they have to enter the id in their computers - again, for each and every transaction. She was really b*tching up a storm, as it will mean a LOT of extra work for them.
For those of us who fly under the radar while coin roll hunting, this may throw a huge monkey wrench into the works. If nothing else, it will raise a lot more red flags for anyone who analyzes accounts, and may completely halt non-account holders from buying coin.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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