I banked with Coast Capital for over 15yrs. Moved to Alberta and now they tell me I have to pay a lawyer to close my account. My fiance just closed an account with TD over the phone with no problem. I had to send them a "letter of direction" and a couple days later they call to tell me that my signature did not match exactly. Being in the industry I am in I shortened it as I sign my name a lot. So I let the person on the phone know that I changed my signature about 10 years ago and any Coast Capital cheques signed in the last 10 years have my current signature. Also my current drivers licence has my current signature. I offered to send a copy of my current government issued drivers licence and also offered to re-sign the form with my previous signature, after that I was put on hold. The person came back and said that her manager said that would not work and I had to get my drivers licence notarized by a lawyer. So they want me to pay $100-$150 and spend an hour out of my day going to see a lawyer to close my account. What a joke.. I was hoping that Coast Capital was going to come to Alberta as I heard they were but now I would never do business with them again. You don't have problems like this with regular banks. Put your money elsewhere. read more