Ask HN: Swedbank discrimination against migrants

Posted by johndoe42377 on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:15AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Swedbank (of Sweden) cancelled a MasterCard card because they find my activities "suspicious". I am 4000km away in a much cheaper Asian country. The card is on another family member.

We are family of migrants to Sweden. I think the decision was a discrimination against us. Some clerks got too cocky.

What is the proper way to complain and where to? Is there any overseeing authority? Thanks.

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Re:Ask HN: Swedbank discrimination against migrants by dimidesu on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:29AM (#26556170)

> The card is on another family member.

> 4000km away

> „suspicious“

isn’t it? Many of banks support adding extra note that you’re going to travel somewhere so in case of transactions from place of destination they don‘t block.

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Re:Ask HN: Swedbank discrimination against migrants by Hublium on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @03:31PM (#26559306)

"I bet that cook is an anti-semite!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQpvK72le4Q

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Re:Ask HN: Swedbank discrimination against migrants by kristoo on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:48AM (#26556431)

For better or worse that's pretty standard practice for banks. Usually a single phone call is enough to clear up the matter.

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