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U.S. banks dropped customers over political views, regulator says

Headline from CBS News

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said nine of the top U.S. banks "debanked" customers over their political or religious views.

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Reports & sources

8 articles, oldest first.

  1. Quartz

    U.S. regulator faulted nine big banks for debanking customers over politics and religion (opens Quartz)

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    The OCC reviewed nearly 100,000 complaints and 420,000 pages of documents from JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and seven other lenders

  2. FOX Business

    US regulator accuses nation's largest banks of debanking customers over political views (opens FOX Business)

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    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a report Wednesday into debanking practices in the U.S., saying it has found "irrefutable evidence."

  3. UPI

    Treasury Department report accuses banks of 'debanking' activities (opens UPI)

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    A Treasury Department report Wednesday accuses the largest banks in the United States of "debanking" customers based on their political beliefs.

  4. CBS News

    U.S. banks dropped customers over political views, regulator says (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said nine of the top U.S. banks "debanked" customers over their political or religious views.

  5. BizPac Review

    Political debanking ran rampant at America’s biggest banks, federal probe alleges (opens BizPac Review)

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    America’s largest banks maintained policies that disadvantaged customers over their political beliefs, religious affiliations and lawful business activities, according to a sweeping federal investigation released Wednesday. The […]

  6. Washington Examiner

    Congress must end political debanking (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Each of the nation’s largest banks restricted financial services to lawful customers for political reasons, according to a new report from a top regulator. The Trump administration has moved to stop federal regulators from encouraging such discrimination, and Congress should make these protections p…

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