Musicians walk out after London orchestra leaves them unpaid for months

rembrant said:

Interesting few months for LCO; the headline is slightly skewered as apparently it's the bank's fault, not LCO's, still.

Musicians walk out after London orchestra leaves them unpaid for months

Emergency backup is called to enable London Chamber Orchestra event at Cadogan Hall to go ahead after protest over payment delays

www.theguardian.com

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The banks are basically using the anti-money laundering rules to get rid of businesses they don't want as customers. They know they can hide behind the regulations to make it as difficult as possible for the customers and, by extension, the staff.

Barclay's has form on this. The problem is that their process is so convoluted, and incompetent, that even when businesses comply, they still screw it all up.