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Just 35 complaints of debanking cite political bias despite Trump order
Reuters ^ | 08 19 2025 | Ross Kerber

Posted on 08/20/2025 7:46:13 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

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Just 35 complaints! It's not a real issue!
1 posted on 08/20/2025 7:46:13 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Reuters is pathetic. “Just” 35.


2 posted on 08/20/2025 7:48:00 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: yesthatjallen

Just 35? Martha, do you hear yourself?


3 posted on 08/20/2025 7:48:36 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Flawed analysis.

The customer may have been debanked for political reasons, but didn’t really know why, and so did not include the words in the complaint.

Also, there may have been instances of political debanking that were not included in the complaint system they reviewed.


4 posted on 08/20/2025 7:48:58 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: Fido969

Exactly.

They don’t have to tell you they didn’t like your post on Free Republic. They just tell you “your account has been closed after a review.”


5 posted on 08/20/2025 7:53:38 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: iamgalt

‘“Just” 35.’

Appreciate Ross pointing out that President Trump is addressing debanking for political reasons before it gets even worse.

Ross also points out that President Trump is protecting all Americans as only a small percentage of the almost 10,000 de-banked possibly share his political policies.

Ross is at least honest about the non-partisan good President Trump is doing even if he’s not pro-MAGA.


6 posted on 08/20/2025 7:54:52 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: yesthatjallen

One is too many. Make them pay now so they think about it the next time Dems push for it.


7 posted on 08/20/2025 7:56:53 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: yesthatjallen

Just one is too many.


8 posted on 08/20/2025 8:02:39 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
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You are just told NO and no reason follows
How is that researchable unless inside bank records are
Subpoenaed ?


9 posted on 08/20/2025 8:03:55 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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And if “just” one destroys a man that’s ok right?


10 posted on 08/20/2025 8:10:07 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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Hey Reuters POS Ross Kerber... Ever stop to think that people who were screwed over by banks because of their political affiliation might be unwilling to report the same for fear of additional retaliation by like-minded scumbags like yourself?


11 posted on 08/20/2025 8:13:20 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: George from New England

Indeed. I got a letter a year ago asking me to remove all my money from a top bank, except the mortgages. I asked why, and they replied the decision is final and they cannot give me a reason. I had literally millions on deposit, never been late with mortgage payments, my original checking account was still open after 36 years with no bounced checks. But I did support President Trump with substantial money every year since he and Melania walked down the escalator.


12 posted on 08/20/2025 8:13:20 AM PDT by TruthBringsFreedom
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Only a handful of apartment complex were under the thugs!


13 posted on 08/20/2025 8:13:27 AM PDT by paudio (MATH: 45<47)
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To: yesthatjallen

Make it “just 36”. Let’s see if Reuters getting debanked all of the sudden thinks it’s now a problem.


14 posted on 08/20/2025 8:30:40 AM PDT by Armando Guerra
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Anyone wanna bet that less than 100% of those debanked actually took the (waste of) time to file an official complaint?


15 posted on 08/20/2025 8:45:04 AM PDT by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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Oh. Only 35. OK. Just like Only a handful of apartment complexes were overrun by drug cartels in Aurora, Colorado.


16 posted on 08/20/2025 8:49:18 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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“”””Anyone wanna bet that less than 100% of those debanked actually took the (waste of) time to file an official complaint?”””

yup. The customers just said screw you and moved to another bank.


17 posted on 08/20/2025 9:03:01 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Tell It Right
Just 35? Martha, do you hear yourself?

That is going to become an iconic phrase for a very long time.

-PJ

18 posted on 08/20/2025 9:20:53 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: yesthatjallen

The CFPB does not provide information on how many of those 8,361 complaints actually were due to political bias. In looking at some of the complaints, it appears that most of them do not include suspected reasons for why the accounts were closed. Rather, they mostly state that the account was closed, no reason was given, and there were delays in getting access to their funds.

Every account I reviewed stated the following:

Timely response?

Yes

Company response to consumer

Closed with explanation

Company public response

Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response


19 posted on 08/20/2025 9:36:32 AM PDT by rwa265
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To: yesthatjallen

If just one news outlet, let’s say Reuters, was debanked, it would be an existential threat to democracy.


20 posted on 08/20/2025 10:11:28 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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