ArthurWankspittle wrote:YiamCross wrote:Man, these people make stupidity into an art form.
And here's my thoughts on this:
Anyone providing Jimmy Wyld with banking services has to stop forthwith. Anyone not complying is in contempt of court.
Allegedly, Jimmy has a £150,000 promissory note deposited with a bank based in Ducie Street Manchester. I wonder what it is backed by? Maybe it could go towards his bankruptcy? Maybe he has other accounts at this bank, in which case the bank needs to inform the receiver about them.
Maybe Jimmy's actions have just fucked up Peter of England's Were bank con?*
(* Discuss - as they say in test papers.)
I would think that in order to answer this question we would need to examine the following points.
Point one is whether WeRe Bank actually qualifies as a bank. According to the Financial Conduct Authority
"Although WeRe Bank refers to itself as a bank, based on the information currently available to us, it does not appear to be carrying on any activities that would require it to be authorised by the FCA. Regulated activities carried out by authorised firms include accepting deposits or providing advice on regulated investments." source
This would indicate that WeRe Bank is not considered to be a bank by the UK regulatory authority. This would suggest that Jimmy's account with WeRe Bank would not be in violation of the bankruptcy order, in as much as that a bankrupt could receive the services of the bank in a game of monopoly without that bank finding itself in contempt of court.
The next point would be whether WeRe Bank, regardless of it being a bank or not, is actually providing James Wyld with banking services, I would suggest that the answer would be no and base it on the following argument, WeRe Bank provides it's customers with a book which allows them to write a 'cheque' with which to pay a debt in a currency created for the exclusive use of it's customers, this currency the 'Re Unit', is not recognised by any state and is entirely a private venture. WeRe Bank does not allow someone to deposit 'Re' into their accounts, nor does it allow the exchange of £'s for Re's. Jimmy cannot add funds to his ledger with WeRe Bank, he cannot exchange his precious Re Units for pounds sterling and can only realistically spend them with a vendor who is prepared to accept a cheque in a currency that can not be credited to a persons account.
In this sense WeRe Bank does not provide a banking service or have any real funds belonging to James Wyld held within it. Therefore the bank is unlikely to attract the attention of the Official Receiver unless the banks operator Peter of England (Alan Peter Michael Smith) declares himself a creditor to the now bankrupt James Wyld.
The reason that Peter of England and WeRe Bank can become creditors of James Wyld is through the promissory note signed by Mr Wyld and sent to Peter of England which was a requirement for Mr Wyld to be accepted into the 'Re Movement'. This note, being a promise to pay, established that Mr Wyld was undertaking to pay WeRe Bank the sum of £150,000 in the future. It was not an asset held by WeRe Bank in as much as it was a liability created by Mr Wyld. Now that he has been declared bankrupt, WeRe Bank can apply to be listed as a creditor, doing this would get the £150,000 included onto the list of known debts Mr Wyld has.
As such I don't think providing Jimmy with the Chequebook is enough to get PoE in trouble with the Official Receiver and the situation with regard to the promissory note should need to be resolved (I don't think it can or should be treated as an asset of Mr Wylds, to do so would encourage debts to be paid with debts, however it is a promise to pay and this promise was used to establish a relationship of sorts with the company based in Dulcie St. Manchester).