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Charity begins at home?

24 March 2011 2 comments

Roy McPherson

I think this is a superb piece of lateral thinking by Wells Fargo and considering they've had the functionality in place since 2005 is quite impressive. Perhaps if a big UK clearing bank rolled out this facility in the UK they would automaticaly tick the gift aid box. Mind you, come the time for Children in Need or Comic Relief it would drasticaly reduce the visibilty of middle aged women dressed as schoolgirls or even larger chaps dressed as assorted green dragons or pink bunnies etc. Perhaps for Comic Relief, for your contribution, the clearing banks could post jokes on your cash slip?

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Matt White North America editor at Finextra

24 March 2011

The government agrees with you Roy, although the green paper consultation is now closed so it's too late to lobby for your joke suggestion.

Which is a shame - they could have asked Vince Cable to write them after this gem: "What's the difference between a dead cat on the motorway and a dead banker on the motorway? There are skidmarks around the cat."

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