I'm a bit creeped out, y'all.

I got a letter from our bank that my youngest's savings account was in inactive status and was going to the unclaimed property department if I didn't reply.

We've been in limbo with his SSA claim for over 2 years so there's been no activity on his account for that reason.

I called customer service to reactivate the account. They had to do some verification questions that the computer had the answers to. One of them was "what organization, if any, have you had contact with"? And a list of stores and hotels and Occupy Oakland.

How does the bank know I'm associated with Occupy Oakland? How did it get on the account verification computer? It struck me as so surreal and unexpected I'm having trouble processing it, tbh.

#Banking #Finance #USPol #USPolitics #Privacy

I'm a bit creeped out, y'all.

I got a letter from our bank that my youngest's savings account was in inactive status and was going to the unclaimed property department if I didn't reply.

We've been in limbo with his SSA claim for over 2 years so there's been no activity on his account for that reason.

I called customer service to reactivate the account. They had to do some verification questions that the computer had the answers to. One of them was "what organization, if any, have you had contact with"? And a list of stores and hotels and Occupy Oakland.

How does the bank know I'm associated with Occupy Oakland? How did it get on the account verification computer? It struck me as so surreal and unexpected I'm having trouble processing it, tbh.

#Banking #Finance #USPol #USPolitics #Privacy

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies’ latest plunge further underscores the highly volatile nature of this pseudo-asset class; one only hopes that policymakers will wake up to the risks before it’s too late. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/10/world/coming-crypto-apocalypse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #cryptocurrencies #donaldtrump #bitcoin #stablecoins #banking #blockchains #monetarypolicy

Canadian banks closed 561 branches & 900 ATMs in 4 years, while population grew 7%.

Those same banks made $70 billion profit last year alone.

We need postal banking & credit unions freed to provide all banking services.

Public options for banking now!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/blairmore-alberta-bank-branch-closure-9.7065612

#cdnpoli #NDP #banking

Canadian banks closed 561 branches & 900 ATMs in 4 years, while population grew 7%.

Those same banks made $70 billion profit last year alone.

We need postal banking & credit unions freed to provide all banking services.

Public options for banking now!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/blairmore-alberta-bank-branch-closure-9.7065612

#cdnpoli #NDP #banking

One thing I don't understand these days about the banking system.

For years, you needed 3 things to transfer money into someone's account anywhere in Australia: BSB, account name, account number.

The BSB was a 6-digit number, the account number was usually at least 8. I can accept it probably isn't the friendliest system, but it worked.

Now, the modern preference is a "Pay ID". I've seen numerical ones, and I've seen ones that look like email addresses.

Yet, the Internet banking still expects the BSB, account name and account number.

How the hell do you convert from a "PayID" to a BSB/name/number? Clearly it is possible, otherwise banks would have a field for "PayID" or people would be using the old way instead.

#Banking

#News: Your #retirement funds could be fueling #ecocide. US #banking giants are driving #landgrabbing and #deforestation in #Brazil’s Cerrado for industrial #soy. Justice for i#ndigenous communities now! 🧐🔥🌱 @palmoildetect.bsky.social
https://foe.org/news/land-grabbing-cerrado/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

#News: Your #retirement funds could be fueling #ecocide. US #banking giants are driving #landgrabbing and #deforestation in #Brazil’s Cerrado for industrial #soy. Justice for i#ndigenous communities now! 🧐🔥🌱 @palmoildetect.bsky.social
https://foe.org/news/land-grabbing-cerrado/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

The following hashtags are trending across South African Mastodon instances:

#nedbank
#southafrica
#banking
#Space
#coturn
#ejabberd
#selfhosting
#xmpp
#weirdenglish
#windowperspective

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The following hashtags are trending across South African Mastodon instances:

#nedbank
#southafrica
#banking
#Space
#coturn
#ejabberd
#selfhosting
#xmpp
#weirdenglish
#windowperspective

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The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from using any banking app

https://xdaforums.com/t/discussion-the-root-and-mod-hiding-fingerprint-spoofing-keybox-stealing-cat-and-mouse-game.4425939/page-118

#HackerNews #Vietnam #Government #Banking #App #Ban #Rooted #Phones #Security #Issues #Mobile #Tech

@neil You're mentioned here (British bank app stops working after downloading Bitwarden from F-Droid) on this Dutch security news site : https://www.security.nl/posting/920218/Britse+bank-app+stopt+met+werken+na+downloaden+van+Bitwarden+via+F-Droid

#fdroid #bitwarden #banking #uk

Chase to become new issuer of Apple Card

https://www.jpmorganchase.com/ir/news/2026/chase-to-become-new-issuer-of-apple-card

#HackerNews #Chase #Apple #Card #banking #news #fintech #finance #innovation

TIL that major US banks silently got billions in bailouts over the last few months, AND a self-imposed short squeeze by JP Morgan, which

is on the hook to deliver more than 5,900 tons of silver it doesn’t have. Tradeable silver is relatively scarce right now, government data shows.

and

A big problem [ed: for JP Morgan] is that there’s not enough actual silver available for trading to get JP Morgan out of the squeeze it got into through unbridled greed. The more silver prices rise the more JP Morgan gets hurt.

yup sure sounds like the US economic pieces are doing just fine right now!

https://www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/ny-fed-unlimited-cash-infusions-bank-crisis/

#politics #bank #banking #JPMorgan #ShortSqueeze #short #shorts #investing #USPoli

GLS-Bank kündigt linken Strukturen Bankkonten
"Wir müssen wieder Bargeld sammeln"

‚Das Anarchist Black Cross Dresden unterstützt seit Jahren politische Gefangene und von Repression betroffene Aktivistinnen – lokal wie international. Für diese Solidaritätsarbeit sind Spenden und funktionierende Konten existenziell. Mitte November wurde dem Verein, über den diese Spenden liefen, von der GLS Bank fristlos das Konto gekündigt. Andere Banken verweigerten anschließend die Kontoeröffnung.‘

@RDL sprach mit Nina, vom @abcdd über das „Debanking“. Die Strategie, Menschen oder Vereine von der Kontoführung auszuschließen. Eine zunehmend wirkmächtige Repressionsform gegen linke Infrastruktur!

https://rdl.de/Debanking_abcd_Dresden_GLS_Bank_Dezember_2025_RDL

#Debanking #Repression #GLS #Banking #Bank #Germany #Deutschland

@glsbank

#FreedomOfSpeech

"German banks are systematically terminating accounts belonging to journalists and media outlets without explanation..."

"Approximately 40 independent media organizations have lost banking access since 2020."

"This is financial infrastructure weaponized for political control."
https://youtu.be/vcg9eMh1Uuw

Invidious link 👇
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=vcg9eMh1Uuw

#Zeitenwende #Germany #fascism
#debanking #journalism

#capitalism #banking #crypto

Bad news: The @glsbank is actively #debanking leftist solidarity projects and even private #banking accounts of allegedly associated persons for political reasons.
https://abcdd.org/2025/12/18/debanking-angriff-auf-die-solidaritatsarbeit-vom-anarchist-black-cross-dresden/

Due to its de facto monopoly regarding #GNUtaler integration in #Germany so far this may have major implications for ongoing projects who strive to "challenge the status quo".