Members of a pro-Palestine group - not one proscribed by the state - have had a personal bank account shut down.

This is chilling - both the fact that it has happened and the fact that it has happened without any explanation.

Even worse, it's clear that people aren't considered to have any right to an explanation despite the impact something like this has on their lives.

A financial institution can just shut down someone's bank account and say 'we have reasons' without having to state what those reasons are.

If you don't know why your account is being closed you can't challenge it because you don't know what you need to challenge.

And these people are not even members of Palestine Action.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/15/palestine-activist-couple-bank-account-closed-yorkshire-building-society

#Palestine #YorkshireBuildingSociety #banking

Members of a pro-Palestine group - not one proscribed by the state - have had a personal bank account shut down.

This is chilling - both the fact that it has happened and the fact that it has happened without any explanation.

Even worse, it's clear that people aren't considered to have any right to an explanation despite the impact something like this has on their lives.

A financial institution can just shut down someone's bank account and say 'we have reasons' without having to state what those reasons are.

If you don't know why your account is being closed you can't challenge it because you don't know what you need to challenge.

And these people are not even members of Palestine Action.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/15/palestine-activist-couple-bank-account-closed-yorkshire-building-society

#Palestine #YorkshireBuildingSociety #banking

@okias @piggo We obviously need to make our own #bank. Free checking account only available if you use the #FOSS #Linuxmobile app!

#mobileLinux #banking #internetbanking #InclusiveFinance

No more card charges: how Australians can switch to fast, fee-free payments right now

https://theconversation.com/no-more-card-charges-how-australians-can-switch-to-fast-fee-free-payments-right-now-264023

#TheConversation#Banking#Australia#NZ

No more card charges: how Australians can switch to fast, fee-free payments right now

https://theconversation.com/no-more-card-charges-how-australians-can-switch-to-fast-fee-free-payments-right-now-264023

#TheConversation#Banking#Australia#NZ

Brazil's central bank says its Pix system is not a threat to payments companies

By Reuters

August 28, 20253:37 AM GMT+8

Great article here. Brazil built a banking API for transfers and now Visa and other foreign companies are packing a sad because they can’t get a slice of every transaction. Turns out the Government solution is way better than existing APIs.

Some more quotes in next toot, or read entire article.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/brazils-central-bank-says-its-pix-system-is-not-threat-payments-companies-2025-08-27/

#banking

Brazil's central bank says its Pix system is not a threat to payments companies

By Reuters

August 28, 20253:37 AM GMT+8

Great article here. Brazil built a banking API for transfers and now Visa and other foreign companies are packing a sad because they can’t get a slice of every transaction. Turns out the Government solution is way better than existing APIs.

Some more quotes in next toot, or read entire article.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/brazils-central-bank-says-its-pix-system-is-not-threat-payments-companies-2025-08-27/

#banking

Central bankers are starting to fear that the political storm surrounding the U.S. Federal Reserve — which U.S. President Donald Trump wants to shape to his liking — may engulf them too. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/25/markets/world-central-bankers-fear-fed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #federalreserve #jeromepowell #banking #globaleconomy #boj #europeancentralbank #shinzoabe #masaakishirakawa#haruhikokuroda

'70 organisations back unfreezing of pro-Palestine group's bank account'
In England, the Nationwide Building Society, has frozen pro-Palestinian groups accounts, making itself complicit in an ongoing Genocide!
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25410093.70-organisations-back-unfreezing-pro-palestine-groups-bank-account/
#palestine #scotland #england #banking

What the actual #EpsteinFiles Contain - Not the "Files" or Grand Jury Testimony
- 100,000+ pages of evidence seized from Epstein’s homes, computers, and safes.
- #Flight logs and visitor lists implicating elites.
- #FBI interviews with #victims and associates.
- #Banking and #financial records tracing Epstein’s funding networks.
-Civil lawsuits and sealed depositions that name names. & yes, Trump’s name is all over them. #Jeffreyepstein#GhislaineMaxwell #sextrafficking #criminals #coverup

What the actual #EpsteinFiles Contain - Not the "Files" or Grand Jury Testimony
- 100,000+ pages of evidence seized from Epstein’s homes, computers, and safes.
- #Flight logs and visitor lists implicating elites.
- #FBI interviews with #victims and associates.
- #Banking and #financial records tracing Epstein’s funding networks.
-Civil lawsuits and sealed depositions that name names. & yes, Trump’s name is all over them. #Jeffreyepstein#GhislaineMaxwell #sextrafficking #criminals #coverup

Members of the uber rich are notorious for the use of offshore financial systems to conceal their assets and mask their identities. Understanding the transnational offshore finance networks that they utilize has long been a challenge.
A new Dartmouth study reveals there are distinct patterns associated with the offshore system, which are specific to where a wealthy person comes from.
#TaxEvasion#TaxHavens #inequality #finance #banking
https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/07/patterns-elites-who-conceal-their-assets-offshore

Members of the uber rich are notorious for the use of offshore financial systems to conceal their assets and mask their identities. Understanding the transnational offshore finance networks that they utilize has long been a challenge.
A new Dartmouth study reveals there are distinct patterns associated with the offshore system, which are specific to where a wealthy person comes from.
#TaxEvasion#TaxHavens #inequality #finance #banking
https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/07/patterns-elites-who-conceal-their-assets-offshore