US Bank Questioned Customer Who Bought Bitcoin
American bank PNC allegedly “doesn’t want anything to do with Bitcoin” but is threatening to close their customers’ accounts unless they explain their reason for the purchase.
This claim stems from an article circulating on social media.
According to a user named EliToohey on Reddit, his client PNC bank wanted to talk to him about the Bitcoin he bought through Coinbase and Xapo exchanges:
“I have been a customer of PNC bank for 15 years and recently I received a call about unusual activity in my account.”
“After I was asked to confirm a few transactions, I was asked ‘Why am I getting Bitcoin’.”
When the user refused to reveal why he bought Bitcoin, the bank threatened to close his account.
“I said I wouldn’t answer and was asked ‘What am I going to do with Bitcoin’.”
“I repeated that I would not answer and I was told that an instruction was received from the bank’s security team that ‘if satisfactory answers are not received to these questions, the customer’s account will be closed’.”
Considering that banks do not approach cryptocurrencies very moderately, this alleged situation does not seem strange. .
The news that banks are threatening to close customers’ accounts is not only in the USA, but also in Europe. The reactions of the UK-based Barclays on this issue were also revealed. It’s becoming a laughing stock.
Entrepreneur and commentator Tuur Demeester also recently tweeted, referring to the US Federal Reserve:
Imagine if Satoshi’s white paper said: “Bitcoin’s total money supply doesn’t really matter” https://t.co/oU4JtIc2We
— Tuur Demeester (@TuurDemeester) October 11, 2017
“Imagine when Satoshi said in his manifesto, ‘The total number of Bitcoins is not that important’.”
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