It has benefits from the customer's point of view. Too many people here are looking as it as a hassle. Its not always. sure, as the original poster pointed out,

It has benefits from the customer's point of view. Too many people here are looking as it as a hassle. Its not always. sure, as the original poster pointed out, having that requirement on low priority sites, as he calls them, is annoying. But if you're setting up something important, you want to know that everything you set up is correct and your identity is verified. If I was setting up an online trading account it makes me feel better to have a line of communication established.