For whatever reason (the detail is unimportant) HSBC has written to all of the diplomatic institutions it currently serves saying, within its right, they they have a whopping 60 days to find another organisation to do their banking for them.
Bernard Silver, head of the Consular Corps, which represents consuls in the UK, said: ‘HSBC’s decision has created havoc’.
Havoc, Bernard?
Well let’s be thankful that Mr Silver’s normal stress levels probably don’t extend beyond handling the somewhat tricky ‘milk or lemon’, eh?
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