Bank of America trying to load up on patents for the technology behind Bitcoin

Re:Bank of America trying to load up on patents for the tech... by sixQuarks on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @01:35AM (#10811058)

Bank of America closed down my business checking accounts last week, right before I went away on holiday. No access to ATM, no way to deposit or make payments.

When I tried to find out the reason why, they literally said "we don't have to provide a reason". Keep in mind I've had these checking accounts for 15 years.

So yeah, Fuck Bank of America!

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Re:Bank of America trying to load up on patents for the tech... by bobfunk on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @01:40AM (#10811072)

They did pretty much exactly the same here with our corporate account on the 24th. Had to spend 6 hours(!) Monday to get it unfrozen and don't actually know if it worked yet...

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Re:Bank of America trying to load up on patents for the tech... by thenerdfiles on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @01:42AM (#10811077)

They did the same to our account, and informed us that they had sent an account shutdown warning notice to an address with no zip code.

Then they reminded us that they do not have have to provide a reason, a month after they sent the letter, and of course after we called them.

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Re:Bank of America trying to load up on patents for the tech... by snuxoll on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @02:12AM (#10811149)

Sometimes they can't provide a reason, if it was taken down because of the PATRIOT act. But it's BofA, so instead of giving them the benefit of the doubt I'll assume they're just being evil.

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Re:Bank of America trying to load up on patents for the tech... by reverb256 on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @12:32PM (#10813142)

How often does this happen...?

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