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Information Powers: Bank Mandates: Specimen Letter to Bank Managers
Letters sent to branch managers of banks EM10063 should be in the form set out below.
| ‘To: | The Manager | |
| …………………………………) | ||
| …………………………………) | Branch of bank’ | |
| M ………has authorised me to approach you for information about his(her) financial affairs which you may possess as his(her) bankers. I enclose a copy of his(her) authority and would propose to call upon you by appointment in due course bringing with me the original authority. [Amend this sentence appropriately if one of the banks at *EM10065 is involved.] | ||
| * | ||
| The matters on which I would like information when we meet are | ||
| 1. | What accounts (whether open or closed) to your knowledge M …………………………. Has maintained at your branch since…………………………. ; | |
| 2. | For what period(s) particulars of the entries in these accounts are still available in the Bank’s ledgers; | |
| 3. | For what period(s) the | |
| i. | paying-in slips, and | |
| ii. | paid cheques | |
| Are still available. (If any documents relating to any of these accounts are about to be destroyed, please retain them until after my intended visit); | ||
| 4. | What standing orders or direct debits on these accounts are (or have been) in force; | |
| 5. | Whether, so far as you can trace from your records, you have at any time | |
| a. | Bought or sold stocks, shares or other securities on behalf of M……………………. ; | |
| b. | Held any boxes, parcels, valuables or other securities for safe custody; | |
| c. | Issued any Bankers’ draft; | |
| d. | Sold foreign currency or travellers’ cheques to M …………………………………….. ; | |
| e. | Transferred any funds out of the United Kingdom on behalf of M ………………..… ; | |
| f. | Had any other dealings with M …………………………………………………………. ; | |
| 6 | Whether you have any knowledge of other bank accounts operated by M ……………….. otherwise than at your branch; | |
| 7. | Whether there are any other banking accounts which you have reason to believe may have a bearing on M …………………………..’s financial affairs, or to which he (she) is or has been a party or, on which he(she) is or has been entitled to sign, but about which you cannot give me information without some authority other than the present one’ |