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Largest U.S. Bank Cuts Ties to Conservative Group, Canceling Donald Trump Jr. Event
The country's largest bank has cut ties with a Missouri conservative group, forcing an event that had been set to feature Donald Trump Jr. to be immediately canceled.
[....] Defense of Liberty founder Paul Curtman, a former GOP state representative, told the Missouri Independent that WePay informed him in a message that it would no longer do business with his group based on an alleged violation of terms of service and had refunded $30,000 in payments already processed for the event.
"It seems you're using WePay Payments for one or more of the activities prohibited by our terms of service," the message reportedly states. "More specifically: Per our terms of service, we are unable to process for hate, violence, racial intolerance, terrorism, the financial exploitation of a crime, or items or activities that encourage, promote, facilitate, or instruct others regarding the same."
Maybe Trump Jr and Defense of Liberty political action committee should not promote such things?
Or . . . maybe those things are their core message, and appeal to their base.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Thursday November 18 2021, @09:30PM (7 children)
Banks should not know anything but the amount transferred and where it goes. Don't let them meddle in politics. You are ignoring that the same is happening to wikileaks. Would you also advocate that the phone company monitors your communications and block anything they or you find offensive?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Friday November 19 2021, @02:23AM (5 children)
Absolutely! They shouldn't pay any attention to that stuff [rollingstone.com], especially if it might benefit them, or they can get away with it [rollingstone.com]. Maybe the banks are a little more scared because they can't get away with it any more.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Friday November 19 2021, @03:35AM (4 children)
No, the bank isn't supposed to know anything more about a transaction any more than the phone company is supposed to know about a phone call, or the post office about a letter, just pass the data like a dumb pipe. In all cases the government can get a warrant when needed.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 20 2021, @02:08AM (3 children)
Example: Banks are required to report ALL suspicious transactions, not just those over $10,000.00
This applies to ALL businesses. No wilful ignorance allowed.
Get a job (if you legally can). Maybe you'll actually be relevant to society for the first time in your life.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday November 20 2021, @03:49AM (2 children)
Banks can report whatever is legally demanded of them, what they shall not so is deny service and pick and choose customers
:-) I'll try, I promise.. Stayed tuned. I know you will... Anything else?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 20 2021, @08:08PM (1 child)
Businesses aren't allowed to knowingly enable illegal activity. Like the casinos that got caught on hidden camera money laundering. So grow up (though at your age you should have completed that long ago), get a job (if you can), and stop the stupidity.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday November 20 2021, @08:21PM
When the banks get caught doing something illegal, feel free to arrest them. We don't make the phone company report what goes over the line without a warrant. The same should apply to the banks
:-) Ok
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @02:56AM
"Give me control of a nations money and I care not who makes its laws."