Numbered account management
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Several precautions have to be taken in order for the Chinese Wall to remain effective.
As such, there are particular restrictions to this type of account. Incoming and outgoing movements are kept to a strict minimum. No checkbook is issued and there is no correspondence with the account holder. Teller
transactions are impossible. Withdrawals or payments are made essentially
through the account manager or by credit
card. Transfers from people other than the client are subject to
special caution. For by automatically accepting the transfer, the bank would
implicitly confirm that the account existed. Before accepting the sum, the account
manager asks the client's opinion on the risks that accepting the transfer would
entail. If the client refuses the transfer, the bank replies that it does not
have an account in this person's name.
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