Where are the Grenfell donations? HSBC?

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Independent1

So, where is the money? If you have donated to the support the victims of the  Grenfell fire tragedy, via one of many funds, the funds are being held by CAF Bank. Given the information below, the money is probably sitting in an HSBC account.

“CAF Bank, owned and operated by a charity, is the bank for charities and not-for-profit organisations; dedicated to serving the sector and providing banking services with the benefits you’d want….”2

CAF Banks with HSBC, and until recently had the same auditors as HSBC, KMPG

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If you have a CAF Bank Cash account you can use these facilities:

Screen Shot 2017-08-11 at 16.56.56The Chairman of CAF Bank, Iain MacKinnon also works for HSBCwhere he also has 11 other appointments 4.

The information on the CAF website is out of date, he is now Group Treasurer at HSBC.
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  1. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-fire-donations-money-survivors-victims-a7887346.html
  2. https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/about-caf-bank
  3. https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/governance/our-trustees/iain-mackinnon
  4. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/tkF0wzEcsHHH90p6eOT7e1_Luxk/appointments