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Topic: Intersango- new bank account, iceberg, GTC/FOK/IOC orders and site updates - page 2. (Read 6374 times)

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Can you explain why the new Lloyds TSB account is owned by a new shell company called "Interteni LTD" ? Does Lloyds TSB know who they're really dealing with?

Yes they do. As stated here, it is a temporary company as Intersango LTD is owned by multiple share-holders who have to be present to open the account or be available to a notary abroad. That takes time, but we fully intend to switch the account from Interteni LTD to Intersango LTD in the future. Right now, there are more pressing matters.

Interteni LTD (company number: 07826131) under the Companies Act 2006.
Intersango LTD (company number: 07683978) under the Companies Act 2006.

The certificate of incorporation for Intersango is available on our about us page, and the one for Interteni should be available later today. For now you can download it from here.

We are required before opening the bank account to divulge all information and I was completely open about our activities. The manager was told about http://intersango.com and the full details of Bitcoin Consultancy's operations (which I drew her some diagrams of our company structure to explain to her colleagues). Considering that the Lloyds bank manager was extremely displeased at our prior treatment and took several photocopies of our past statements and letters, they know we are the same people behind Intersango LTD. Our website is on their records, and for us to lie or falsify information is highly illegal and would put me at risk of jailtime.


Thanks for the explanation Smiley
legendary
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Can you explain why the new Lloyds TSB account is owned by a new shell company called "Interteni LTD" ? Does Lloyds TSB know who they're really dealing with?

Yes they do. As stated here, it is a temporary company as Intersango LTD is owned by multiple share-holders who have to be present to open the account or be available to a notary abroad. That takes time, but we fully intend to switch the account from Interteni LTD to Intersango LTD in the future. Right now, there are more pressing matters.

Interteni LTD (company number: 07826131) under the Companies Act 2006.
Intersango LTD (company number: 07683978) under the Companies Act 2006.

The certificate of incorporation for Intersango is available on our about us page, and the one for Interteni should be available later today. For now you can download it from here.

We are required before opening the bank account to divulge all information and I was completely open about our activities. The manager was told about http://intersango.com and the full details of Bitcoin Consultancy's operations (which I drew her some diagrams of our company structure to explain to her colleagues). Considering that the Lloyds bank manager was extremely displeased at our prior treatment and took several photocopies of our past statements and letters, they know we are the same people behind Intersango LTD. Our website is on their records, and for us to lie or falsify information is highly illegal and would put me at risk of jailtime.
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HSBC problems

Lloyds TSB new account

Earlier this year, we were banking with Lloyds TSB before being asked to take our business elsewhere. We have been in contact with Lloyds TSB who have assigned us a personal account manager who is also the manager of the bank branch. It turned out the previous account manager was ill equipped to handle the scale of our volume and is a person in a call centre in Birmingham, and sees 300+ accounts a day. This time around we've been assigned a manager who handles 30 accounts a month due to the complicated nature of our operations and the scale of our turnover.

Lloyds TSB were very keen to have our operations back, and a formal complaint has been launched by the bank staff at the way we were dealt with. We were told that our treatment was totally unacceptable as we're a high value customer.

We are accepting deposits again with Lloyds TSB (details can be found on the GBP accounts page). Deposits may be a little slower than usual (possibly up to a week) as registration for their online service is underway. Once that's done, we'll be processing deposits immediately. Withdrawals may take longer as we are in the midst of transitioning out of HSBC into Lloyds. We are also in talks with a few other banks who have shown a sudden interest in our business.


Can you explain why the new Lloyds TSB account is owned by a new shell company called "Interteni LTD" ? Does Lloyds TSB know who they're really dealing with?
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I'll take that bet too. On Intersango's/Britcoin's side. I've never experienced any problems with their site or services since I first used it way back.

As always, good work genjix. Looking forward to the conference to say hello.
legendary
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Hamster ate my bitcoin

I can independently confirm that Intersango have their UK deposits back on-line.

I have had dealings with them in the past and found them to be both reliable and trustworthy.

So I'm up for joining sonba on the bet if anyone's up for it.

legendary
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  LOL @ the 'vulnerability' then. Had me thinking he was the next uber hacker. ;p
  thanks for the update.

There were some decent people who helped me/us out in our early days when it was just me alone. We have a list of their names to reward them one day if we become successful Smiley
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I already found a vulnerability within their site that could of allowed me to steal the entire balance of BTC... I reported it.

Us accidentally sending you bitcoins when we first newly setup the site, does not consitute a 'hacking' but is a human error, and then theft when you refused to pay the money back.

It was a change-over error which was controllable. The compensated loss was controllable due to the measures in place such as offline wallet for the actual site balance.

  LOL @ the 'vulnerability' then. Had me thinking he was the next uber hacker. ;p
  thanks for the update.
legendary
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I already found a vulnerability within their site that could of allowed me to steal the entire balance of BTC... I reported it.

Us accidentally sending you bitcoins when we first newly setup the site, does not consitute a 'hacking' but is a human error, and then theft when you refused to pay the money back.

It was a change-over error which was controllable. The compensated loss was controllable due to the measures in place such as offline wallet for the actual site balance.
hero member
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be careful with intersango, im guessing they are the next ones to go.
What do you mean with "the next ones to go"?
I already found a vulnerability within their site that could of allowed me to steal the entire balance of BTC... I reported it.

  I certainly wont ask that you give more details about the vulnerability. But, 'entire balance', as in you were able to gain complete access to their wallet daemon or atleast the scripting that has access to it at a root level?

   If so, I have to give you mad props for reporting it and not robbing them blind. I do hope you were rewarded accordingly...
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Earlier today I got an email from my bank asking me to confirm a sepa transfer to Intersango:
the mail claims that the bank regularly checks outgoing international transfers and then contained the details about my transaction (amount, when I sent it, bank account, etc...) If I didn't answer that email they would cancel the transfer.
The mail was coming from a "Customer Services Expert / Fraud Office "

This was weird as this isn't my first transfer to Intersango...

I sent this transfer on a Saturday night, we're already Thursday now... If this was bitcoin it would be done already Angry

On a more positive note: keep up the great work with Intersango  Smiley

For those worrying about losing their money: use common sense, never spend more than you can afford to lose, don't keep money unused on the site and you should be safe.
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be careful with intersango, im guessing they are the next ones to go.

What do you mean with "the next ones to go"? If you think they will scam their users or such I would like to make an official bet out of it: you choose a deadline and an amount you want to bet. If intersango scams their user or looses its users Bitcoins (like bitomat.pl) I pay you - if they didn't you pay me. We can both deposit some BTC at a trusted person (suggestions welcome) and the winner gets the BTC at the end of the deadline. What do you think? Mage a suggestion for deadline and amount to bet and we can discuss the rate (e.g. you pay 1 BTC to the trustee, I pay 2 BTC or such) Smiley

I already found a vulnerability within their site that could of allowed me to steal the entire balance of BTC... I reported it.
donator
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Let's talk governance, lipstick, and pigs.
I'm looking forward to this new service provider.
sr. member
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be careful with intersango, im guessing they are the next ones to go.

What do you mean with "the next ones to go"? If you think they will scam their users or such I would like to make an official bet out of it: you choose a deadline and an amount you want to bet. If intersango scams their user or looses its users Bitcoins (like bitomat.pl) I pay you - if they didn't you pay me. We can both deposit some BTC at a trusted person (suggestions welcome) and the winner gets the BTC at the end of the deadline. What do you think? Mage a suggestion for deadline and amount to bet and we can discuss the rate (e.g. you pay 1 BTC to the trustee, I pay 2 BTC or such) Smiley
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be careful with intersango, im guessing they are the next ones to go.
sr. member
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genjix -

I see something on the fees page about deposits/withdrawals via Paxum, but I don't see anything in the site UI that would enable me to use Paxum.

Is that still in the works? Or am I missing something?

I'm overhauling the deposits system, when I'm done paxum will be supported and nearly instant.

Very nice!  Looking forward to it.
sr. member
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genjix -

I see something on the fees page about deposits/withdrawals via Paxum, but I don't see anything in the site UI that would enable me to use Paxum.

Is that still in the works? Or am I missing something?

I'm overhauling the deposits system, when I'm done paxum will be supported and nearly instant.
legendary
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If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat
sr. member
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genjix -

I see something on the fees page about deposits/withdrawals via Paxum, but I don't see anything in the site UI that would enable me to use Paxum.

Is that still in the works? Or am I missing something?
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I can confirm that the new bank is working.

Iceburg will indeed be available through the website.

I wanted to give people a progress update, since it has been a week since we last said anything, but the rest of my group wanted to check that the bank works first before we put the details up. Changes should be out later today unless Q&A finds any significant problems.

If there is a real urgency to get funds on, you can message support for the bank details.

Keep up the good work.
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