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Re:Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts by naasking on Monday November 06, 2023 @08:18AM (#38162208)
> Farage didn't meet their net worth requirement, which is why his account was closed.

Not according to follow-up reports: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38159768

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Re:Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts by maccard on Monday November 06, 2023 @09:14AM (#38162829)
That's not what that says. The quote from coutts is even in the HN comment -

> We acknowledge that the information we reported - that Coutts' decision on Mr Farage's account did not involve considerations about his political views - turned out not to be accurate and have apologised to Mr Farage

That does not say that he did meet the net worth requirements. See [0], and read the article. No outlet has retracted the claim that he didn't meet the wealth requirements which is why his account was flagged for review.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/21/bbc-amends-sto...

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