Spondulicks,
I don't know if you've opened any a/c's recently or had any other financial dealings, but the regulations in the Financial Services section have become very serious.
I notice a lot of people complain on different threads about the hassle of opening a/c's. I don't even try to repond because it's people like myself who get the full whack of the customers ire. Suffice it to say that if I open a/c's without proper compliance I'm in big trouble. a/c opening documents are checked not alone by higher up in my office, but also by H/O. And further if I get it wrong I am in danger of losing my job & this has been communicated in black & white ie. not just scare mongering.
So please just do me a favour, I don't know where you get your notions from. It's really irksome to someone - & there are a lot more out there like me - who has been studying extremely hard for the last while to have the qualification I'm trying to attain made little of.
The days of the "gombeen" men in Ireland are long gone !