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Here's an example: if an elderly customer suddenly tries to withdraw a large sum of money, the system pauses the transaction and directs the teller to arrange an interview with a security officer that ensures the customer is not being scammed by someone impersonating their grandchild in sudden financial trouble.
Is this kind of meddling permissible?
Another example: if a customer suddenly tries to transfer a large amount to an account that doesn't belong to them, the system pauses the transaction and directs the customer to upload a document that explains the purpose of the transaction.
Is this kind of meddling permissible?
Finally, if a customer tries to transfer more than X to online gambling companies this month, the system pauses the transaction and suggests the customer sets up a monthly gambling limit.
I don't think this kind of meddling is more bothersome than the previous ones.
I personally would like to get rid of the two examples you mentioned as well. The kind of big brother monitoring banks do is obnoxious as hell and I'm not convinced it is an overall value-add for society.
That's because your parents haven't yet deposited their life savings into a "secure account" because a helpful "FBI agent" told them to.
It turns out that I do not hold opinions on policy based on whether or not the negative consequences of said policies personally impact me or those I love.
But why?
Because I'm not a hypocrite? I don't really think it needs a justification to be willing to apply rules consistently, or to be willing to suffer the negative consequences of a rule because you believe it's a good rule overall.
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No, and making it so is likely to result in a wave of exit from banks and into cash-stuffed mattresses.
Depends on what you mean. Such transfers may be interrupted by fraud detection and the customer might have to prove his bona fides (which is annoying enough) but having to write an essay explaining to one's bank why you're spending your own money isn't really acceptable.
It’s pretty common and most people don’t keep Benjamins under their mattress.
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It's standard procedure in Europe. It actually saved me money when someone managed to clone my wife's card.
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