Finances

Stop Government Bank Spying Powers

Asking politicians if they want their bank accounts monitored (Big Brother Watch/YT): Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with, and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects. These new powers to surveil our bank accounts en masse signal government overreach beyond even George Orwell’s worst

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Richard Tice De-Banked

“I am a reputational risk” Richard Tice says he has been debanked after having a loan initially approved but then rejected. In a ‘subject access request’ (SAR) he made to the bank, he found that his loan was declined due to him being a ‘reputational risk’. (TalkTV/YT) See also: Richard Tice: ‘The Nation Is Erupting

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Let’s Return to Cash

By Dylan Roberts Financial Censorship—Act as if it makes a difference Recently, PayPal retracted a line in its terms and conditions stating that ‘spreading misinformation on the platform would be subject to a $2,500 fine.’ However, Forbes magazine has pointed out that PayPal can still fine users for anything they don’t like. A part of

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Director of Payment Systems at Bank of Finland Warns People to Keep Cash in Case of System Outages

Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson, Alex Thomson and Mark Anderson with Monday’s UK Column News. Topics in this video: Finance 00:28 Jeremy Hunt becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) and bails out markets 07:54 Director of Payment Systems at Bank of Finland warns people to keep cash in case of system outages 10:00 Tesco supermarkets

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