I had a response from their support desk - they are updating some AML stuff this week.

oh, ok.  No regulations.  All risk held by the person lending.  I suggest you read the "lending" section of the forum.  You'll see the competing "banks" and occasional lenders.

I wasn't sure what you were really after as it looked like an invite for trolling.

Are you talking about real money, real money as BTC, anonymous forum lending, or OTC/in person stuff.  If you're doing it regularly as a business there are normally tax implications, and taking security tends to be a good idea.  Different jurisdictions have requirements too - such as licenses.

As agreed between the parties
Risk it
You're on you own

Hi Il Jon il Bruno Boss.com. If I wear tin foil glasses you look just like him.  If this makes sense, be afraid, very afraid.

He should use servers and a bigger cluster.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/secret-money-abc-virtual-currency-racket-probe-20110623-1ggp6.html

(maybe dated and misguided)

Yes, 50 coins received this morning.  Weekly interest payments will be paid to your notified address.

As some additional disclosure for those interested:
 - Total deposits are currently around 900 coins.  1/3 are paying weekly interest and 2/3 compounding.  Availability will be good until I get to a stage where deposits reach roughly half of the cash I've invested directly.  At that stage I'll simply keep additional reserves on hand.
 - It is public record I have an account with Pirate FS&T (opened 17Dec2011).  Most of my deposits to that account were before I started lending in January and I am not directing deposits to that account as that is not my long term plan.  I am comfortably over the 2000 coin mark there.
 - I do some mining, but I'm not interested in buying extra stuff, mainly because at my house I run out of available circuits and the $20k of stuff I have is enough.
 - And with the trading market largely static, other than a few arbitrage opportunities, I'm not doing much there (i.e. I don't speculate or "hope" for price movements)

An obvious edit, but an obvious edit.

It could be the vodka, but,

If Randy, Mathew and Bulanula all ignored each other, then they wouldn't have anything to read and life would be dull.

(I do really hate Edward50's posts, but I avoid them so haven't ignored him)

hmmm

I don't look at the SMA210 when I'm making a trading decision, and I am sure many other do not either.  When the link between chartists and real people is confirmed, then I might take notice.  Until then, stochastic human behaviour beats empirical analysis. 

Could be a paste issue as D&T said.  Could be a VRM issue as they get hot - might also explain the insufficient power. 

However, it's now someone else's problem - so that's good.

I recall seeing this a little while ago.  25% is too low, but if you were doing some at 50% I'd be a bit more interested. 

Hmmm, I see Randy also has that lovely piss stain too (a description that I'm sure will stick).

I choose not to ignore people because, as Bulanula says, they occasionally say something useful or insightful.  Failing that they inject colour (complete with new meaning and a bad pun) into what can otherwise be a dull thread. 

I did once ignore Atlas (and variations), but it didn't hide all the new threads and that was more annoying, so I simply took it off ignore and don't read them.

Although I was a Kiwi working in Australia for a while, I commuted to Melbourne.  I also held a Financial Services Licence, but that was for trading electricity rather than a shonky deal.  ASIC was interesting to deal with, but on the whole the legal framework was pretty sensible.

One of the services on the web is their scam alert https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/scams

Not sure, but it does look like there could be criminal and civil proceedings here.

Those entries all look pretty dull.  I thought he was in Orange (inland NSW).  I have some contacts in QLD.

I've been trying to deposit funds today with no luck.  Help desk request in still unanswered many hours later.  grump grump  Looks like I'll have to wire funds to a US denominated account and lose another 4+% to some bank.

When I first saw the OP post I did not connect it to what has actually now been implemented.  It's a nice feature.  I notice that to get to bulanula standard requires 10 people out of the 950-ish total, so that is probably a fair ratio/number. 

As a note, the supposed company was de-registered in December (4th).  That is actually useful as it means rather than hiding behind a limited liability company structure, the actions have taken place by Andre as an individual and he is personally liable.

I also noticed an Icarus (same avatar) also knowledgeable about bitcoins on a similar/related gaming web site.

My shed leaks, and the power to the garage is pretty poor (plus no network connection).  But your point is nicely expressed.

Did you know loonie is the Canadian dollar?  I don't normally consider myself a duck or crazy.

One of the interesting things mostly forgotten is that many major banks are owned by a distributed group of stock holders.  They might be managed funds, other companies or pension funds, and some of those ultimately pay the retirement income of thousands of people doing "shit" jobs.  Several years back I had shares in a large bank, had some dividend and capital gain and sold them.  They were making $1000/year in fees per customer on average, and I was part owner (so that makes me a scumbag banker).  I have also worked a front counter in a branch for four months before I bailed out of the banking sector because I hated it).

As for FBI or not Secret Service doing the bidding or Corporates, I think that's a little off topic and I thought other agencies would be easier to hire.