I would like to dispute the "legendary" customer service that First Direct claims to offer in your article of September 18.
Others deny that self-identification is direct, claiming instead that it occurs by way of some sort of description.
For one thing, it bars them from making any direct claim about the health benefits of their product.
Because direct claims against the firm are stayed by bankruptcy proceedings, former Lehman executives have been named instead.
Circulating "banknotes," yet another kind of commercial bank money, are direct claims against the issuing institution (rather than claims to any specific depositor's account balance).
Last month, Judge Wheeler narrowed the lawsuit, which Mr. Greenberg is pursuing through his investment vehicle Starr International, but allowed the direct claims against the government to stand.
It noted that direct claims by UK banks in the second quarter of 2015 represented 340 per cent of their tier-one capital.
But the investors have no direct claim on the assets of the Internet company should the parent company fall into a financial crisis.
It would also be a better deal for taxpayers, because it would give them a direct claim on any postbailout profits earned by the bank.
