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dixie_landyesterday at 4:15 PM2 repliesview on HN

I named random Joe as the sole owner of "my" bank account and the bank wouldn't allow me to access "my" money!


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mchermyesterday at 4:34 PM

That's not an equivalent analogy. A better analogy would be to say I had a bank account and I told my bank to call up Joe on the phone when confirmations were needed. I still have the account, but I have fallen out with Joe. I want the bank to call somebody else, but they refused to do so, even though it's my account and I'm paying the bill for it!

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gamblor956yesterday at 7:12 PM

Banks have established processes for changing signatories on business bank accounts, including in situations where a past signatory is no longer with the business.

In a nutshell: if a past signatory was a regular employee, it just takes any other signatory to remove them. If there was no other signatory, or if the past signatory was an officer, it takes a current officer (as set forth in the company's AOI or corporate minutes). Usually only the latter 2 situations of the 3 above require an in-person visit to the local branch office, and that only requires a few minutes.