New employer needs bank statements of last 8 months - how to send safely?

altich88

altich88

altich88

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Evening all,

So I'm starting a new job after having been out of work for a while.

To prove I have not been working my new employer has asked that I provide bank statements that cover this period. I can provide a print screen from my bank's online banking portal, but I'm not comfortable sending this from my personal email as it is not secure.

What would people do in this situation? The HR department is in another city from where I will be working so I cannot deliver by hand - would posting this be the safest way to go?
 
wtf employers are now asking their prospective staff for bank statements?

What the hell kind of job is this?
 
Remember banks send you statements via normal post. They aren't that valuable on their own.
 
altich88 said:
Evening all,

So I'm starting a new job after having been out of work for a while.

To prove I have not been working my new employer has asked that I provide bank statements that cover this period. I can provide a print screen from my bank's online banking portal, but I'm not comfortable sending this from my personal email as it is not secure.

What would people do in this situation? The HR department is in another city from where I will be working so I cannot deliver by hand - would posting this be the safest way to go?
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IMO the quickest way would be to take the screenshots, add them to an AES-256 encrypted zip file (complex password) and then send them that. Provide the password using another mechanism.
 
altich88 said:
To prove I have not been working my new employer has asked that I provide bank statements that cover this period.
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Erm, tell them to do one!

Why on earth would they want proof that you haven't been working the last 8 months?
 
Pez said:
Fairly common, certainly within financial services.
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Is it?

muon said:
Well you could be hiding getting fired I suppose.
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How would providing bank statements uncover that?

Surely if you provided a statement you'd redact all the transactions/balances anyway? That's what I've done when I've needed to provide bank staements for ID purposes (student loan etc).
 
Moses said:
Stuff like financial services and the intelligence services it's normal, given the former gives you the opportunity sort out your financial problems... so if someone owes ridiculous sums, etc, there's potentially a risk they'll commit crime through desperation... and with the latter it's something which could be used against employees in terms of blackmail and all that.
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A lot of companies go through http://www.securitywatchdog.org.uk/employment-screening-bureau as well.

Confirmation of education, previous employers, credit checks etc etc.
 
Moses said:
Stuff like financial services and the intelligence services it's normal, given the former gives you the opportunity sort out your financial problems... so if someone owes ridiculous sums, etc, there's potentially a risk they'll commit crime through desperation... and with the latter it's something which could be used against employees in terms of blackmail and all that.
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OK - then it's probably a good idea for the OP to post the industry sector he's employed in then.

If he's not a spy or a bank manager, then my advice to tell the employer to do one stands.
 
The issue I have is personal security. Usually if banks are checked it's done via a specialist organisation direct with the bank with a signed letter of authorisation from you. No details should need to be transferred or supplied - that goes for security.

I see people requesting statements as very odd- even mortgage providers do it!
 
amigafan2003 said:
Is it?



How would providing bank statements uncover that?

Surely if you provided a statement you'd redact all the transactions/balances anyway? That's what I've done when I've needed to provide bank staements for ID purposes (student loan etc).
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Yep.

The statements aren't for ID in this case, they are to validate that you were indeed unemployed. A former colleague of mine had a nightmare trying to prove that she was away travelling in Australia and not just 'unemployed'

Lot's of people will put 'Travelling' in there because they were dismissed from another role, companies such as First Advantage (who are used by Barclays & First Direct) will ferret that info out.
 
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