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- From: bill@kean.ucs.mun.ca (Bill Garland)
- Subject: Starting a Bank
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.112725.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
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- Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 13:57:25 GMT
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- Just to get off the Japan bashing and anti-bashing for a while, and
- into something else, and since it is near the end of the year, lemme
- post this to see what happens:
-
- Because of many problems with the existing banking institutions in
- the world, i.e. the way they treat women and the way they force
- customers to conform to certain things, and the general attitude
- they have about money, and because I just don't like them, I want
- to start my own bank. Now, maybe the existing bankers have all
- learned to behave the way they do through experience with the
- criminal elements, as, if you have a bank surely you will attract
- bank robbers. So supposing I _do_ find the wherewithal to actually
- succeed in forming a bank, I may become like them...
- be that as it may...
-
- What does it take to make a bank?
-
- Banks are more highly regulated in Canada than in the US.
- When you incorporate a business in Newfoundland, you are either
- a bank or not a bank, and if you intend to be a bank, you have to
- follow different rules. How does it work in the rest of the world?
- If I moved to Minnesota, for example, would the job be any easier?
-
- What about the humungous S&L thing? Were all these s&l's little
- neighbourhood banks started by Joe Bloggs, who hired a criminal
- accountant who made off with all the cash?
-
- My bank will be global, electronic, profitable, and multi-purpose,
- i.e. customers will be able to initiate and manage financial
- transactions for their own purposes without any interference by
- governments or criminals (is that redundant?)- a tall order, I know,
- but who said it couldn't be done...
-
- Is this line of thought worth developing, or is it simply a pipe
- dream? ( PS I am not using a pipe, nor any other substances except
- caffeine...)
-
- Just thought I'd toss this out for general feedback. I don't want
- to start any flame wars, but comments, criticisms, and complaints
- are welcome.
-
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