This cancelling/freezing of bank accounts is more evidence that corporatism equals fascism. The cute description of corporatism is 'public-private' endeavours, which allow governments to have Big Business do to us what they, the politicians, cannot do legally or electorally.

Politicians have not said 'boo' about the disgraceful treatment of Farage by these banking thugs; nor about the obscure Anglican vicar who had his account frozen by the Yorkshire Building Society after he wrote to them about their promotion of transgenderism. He was given 14 days to withdraw his money.

On the latest count, ten banks have refused to accept Nigel Farage's money.

There is nothing new about this. Remember the Canadian truckies, none of whom were outspoken political activists before their protest against the truly evil despot, Trudeau.

This could happen to anyone who can be identified, and certainly would happen if we are ever forced into a cashless society and central, digital banking.

Less than a year ago, this sort of think could not have been imagined; but, here it is, and 80% of the drones probably don't even know about it - particularly with the deliberate threat and distraction of the Voice, cost of living etc, and rotten, self-serving politicians.

The treatment of "Andrew" is appalling. Also appalling is something I was told a few days ago, when someone tried to transfer money into the account of their grandchild, to be told that the bank could not transfer to minors' accounts because they could be 'groomed'.

On your say so. But few if any of these so-called false allegations are false.

Moreover, those that maybe could be, could be subjected to unbeatable space age lie detection.

And the last thing this "opportunistic Lady" and her pernicious pen would want!

Ditto the bulk of the legal profession! As this would dry up the rivers of gold they acquire through their "Legal" practises.
Alan B.

There are two issues here, which Arndt conflates to further her male victimhood agenda. The first is the serious problem of banks closing or freezing accounts to silence or intimidate people with unpopular political views. The Canadian truckies case was outrageous. It’s less clear about Farage. Coutts closed Farage’s account because his balance fell below the minimum for a premium account, not for his obnoxious politics. Coutt’s owner, NatWest, offered him an ordinary account, but he refused.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66097039

But that is quite different to banks taking action to prevent financial abuse, and Arndt again resorts to misrepresentation and sneering rhetoric to pretend otherwise.

Arndt conflates the NAB’s policy on cutting off financial abusers and the ABA’s measures to assist victims of abuse, to conclude that people’s accounts will be suspended on the unsubstantiated say-so of on accuser. This is a gross misrepresentation. The two quotes are from two different people addressing two very different initiatives several years apart. The ABA’s measures include things like keeping personal information private and offering flexible hardship measures. Banks obviously don’t need evidence such as an Apprehended Violence Order to do these. The NAB’s initiative specifically targets financial abuse, and makes clear that the bank would verify any accusation itself before acting. Frankly, if my bank knew that someone was accessing my accounts without my consent, I would expect them to try to stop it.

Likewise the suggestion that financial abuse should be taken into account in determining a person’s credit rating hardly seem exceptional. This is not “punishment”, but reflects the greater financial risk posed by abusers.

Arndt asks rhetorically “can you imagine the banks cutting off the accounts of women who refuse to work or contribute to household bills?”. Of course they won’t; nor of men who refuse the same. The financial abuse banks can address is the stuff they are able to identify and act on.

There is no evidence, even in Arndt’s cherry-picked quotations, that anti-abuse measures target men. In fact, a significant minority of financial abuse victims are male; they would gain from these protections no less than abused women.

What Rhain says!
Alan B.

Classical case of the communists using state institutions politically.

weaponising everything against everyone more likely.
- Can't trust anyone these days, not even your own doctor.

Wouldn't it be great if corporates and multinationals stopped playing politics and just stuck to their own business.
Instead they now think everything is their business.

If you are a bank, your job is to keep an account of your customers savings, not be political.
If you are a sport, your job is sport not be political with your rainbow inclusive stumps and gay days.

All these corporate and multinational businesses are acting as a arm of government, who themselves have no right to tell people how to think or how they should act so long as laws are not broken.

All of them businesses and government alike, pissing all our money away, spending it on telling us how we should think and act.

Banks permanently cancelling anyone's Bank Acct without compelling
reason and legal oversight needs big arbitration courts set up,if that's the way they are going to go with this. Because these are decisions that needs to be made promptly so as not to put people's Bank Accts on hold for too long which could be used as another form of Government and Bank Cohersion TV

Don't know where that TV came from on the end of my last post, but it was unintended

Unlike Nigel FARAGE They won't ring you and inform you that they have shut down your
BANK ACCT.for posting some truth they don't want known online. Their
Citizen Approval App will automatically have the power to cut off your Bank Acct if your points have dropped too low for not complying.
THE COVID APPROVAL APP will be on your new QR Digital IDs they will issue for you to Bank with and access your bank Acct at the checkouts

The Citizen Approval App,on your QR SCAN IS THE COVID VACCINE APPROVAL APP. THE WHo has now changed the name of it from Covid PASS to Health Pass which even more effectively disquises this
Citizen Approval/Non-Approval citizen App as only a benign Health Record