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These banks are UK banks that required by UK banking laws to know their customers (KYC [0]) and follow all applicable anti-money laundering laws. Every journali
by tareqak 8y ago
These banks are UK banks that required by UK banking laws to know their customers (KYC [0]) and follow all applicable anti-money laundering laws. Every journalist in every news organization, mainstream or alternative, would love to break that sort of news if it were true.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer
- ElBarto 8y agoMost of them, if not all, have links with the middle East or other muslim countries. Either they are subsidiaries of middle eastern banks, or were funded by middle eastern investors. As a Westerner and an atheist, ethics to me is staying far away from these organisations.
- tareqak 8y agoI respect your choice, and I sincerely hope you treat the Western institutions that behave as reprehensibly as some Middle Eastern ones in a similar fashion.
- roywiggins 8y agoBig Western banks are infamous for abetting drug cartel money laundering- you won't avoid nasty stuff just by avoiding middle eastern banks. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/outrageous-hsbc-settlement-proves-the-drug-war-is-a-joke-230696/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/outrageo...