A New Way Of Banking!
Monday, August 18, 2014
When I asked why it had taken this action, I was told that it was because I had provided neither proof of residence nor proof of income. The fact that neither had anything to do with updating and that they hadn’t even requested this information, bothered them not at all. My account was blocked until I gave them what they wanted.
I was shocked and extremely angry. It had never occurred to me that any bank could take such action without prior warning and without compelling reason. But it had done so – and its action was to me unethical, belligerent, hostile, punitive and I assumed, illegal.
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