Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca...
by kasey_junk on Thursday May 08, 2025 @08:21AM
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About 3% of the us adult population doesn’t have government issued photo id. So if the issue is forgery say so, it’s not a lack of id or a cultural norm against it.
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Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca...
by username332211 on Thursday May 08, 2025 @09:09AM
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How many billions would a major bank loose in a lawsuit, if they did the sensible thing and refused to deal with 3% of the population?
Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca...
by trelane on Thursday May 08, 2025 @10:07AM
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Most do.
For example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Banking/comments/1csl00q/any_banks_...
Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca...
by kasey_junk on Thursday May 08, 2025 @10:06AM
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4.2% of US _households_ are unbanked. Banks refuse customers for many less extreme reasons than “can’t verify identity” which is in fact a requirement for them with all of their federal and state regulators.
Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca...
by nobody9999 on Thursday May 08, 2025 @10:14AM
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>How many billions would a major bank loose in a lawsuit, if they did the sensible thing and refused to deal with 3% of the population?
Zero. Because FINCEN/KYC[0] laws in the US mandate identification for all customers.
Which means that at least 3% of the populations is "unbanked"[1]:
Some reasons a person might not have a bank account
include:
Lack of access via a nearby bank branch or mobile phone
Minimum balance fees
Distrust of the banking system, typically due to lack of transparency
regarding fees and deposit timing[1]
No access to government-issued ID, which is required to open a bank account
To avoid delinquent debts, such as creditors seizing the account in
judgements, or the government collecting back taxes or child support
[0] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/k/knowyourclient.asp[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbanked
Edit: Fixed subject/verb agreement (laws/mandate)/fixed quote formatting.
Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca...
by MrBrobot on Friday May 09, 2025 @01:12PM
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Further reference for the ID requirements:
https://www.bankhelp.gov/help-topics/bank-accounts/required-...
Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca...
by mschuster91 on Thursday May 08, 2025 @10:25AM
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> About 3% of the us adult population doesn’t have government issued photo id.
Add on top of that undocumented people or the issues surrounding the Native American population and their partial autonomy rights, and it becomes a mess very very quickly because it won't stay at "about three percent".