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My bank requires it, for better or for worse. Any bank transfers are MFAd via the app, for example. It's the only bank that allows non-citizens in Germany that
by junon 1y ago
My bank requires it, for better or for worse.
Any bank transfers are MFAd via the app, for example. It's the only bank that allows non-citizens in Germany that has English correspondence and wouldn't have taken months in Bureaucracy to open an account when I first moved.
- octo888 1y agoSo you chose an app-only 'bank' such as Revolut? What did people do before such apps?
- happymellon 1y agoHSBC in the UK now blocks access to your accounts unless you use one of the allowed whitelisted keyboards.
- octo888 1y agoNobody is claiming every single app works perfectly on alternative Android OSes, so pointing out exceptions isn't really advancing the discussion
- happymellon 1y agoI'm not on an alternative Android OS. I'm on the shipped Samsung install no roots, and no hacks. Old school banks will block access if you make your own keyboard so it doesn't phone home to Google or Samsung. Unless I misunderstood the original conversation.
- junon 1y agoI chose the only bank that'd allow me to accept a paycheck in a reasonable amount of time after moving across the planet, yes.
- zettabomb 1y agoCan I ask what bank that is? I'm looking at getting a German bank account, and I'm still much more comfortable with English.
- junon 1y agoN26 bank