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Title: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: medicine on January 27, 2014, 12:22:59 PM http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/25/hsbc-moneybox_n_4664439.html
Not directly a bitcoin news story, but so sooooo connected. This is what we are dealing with when we are talking about big banks. Good news for btc. Peace Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: FeedbackLoop on January 27, 2014, 01:09:38 PM They had to backtrack with the limits: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-26/furious-backlash-forces-hsbc-scrap-large-cash-withdrawal-limit Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: Kluge on January 27, 2014, 01:22:36 PM It's funny... the only reason few people use certificates of deposits anymore is because demand deposit accounts quietly morphed into certificates of deposits without anyone noticing.
Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: guybrushthreepwood on January 27, 2014, 01:23:05 PM http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/25/hsbc-moneybox_n_4664439.html Not directly a bitcoin news story, but so sooooo connected. This is what we are dealing with when we are talking about big banks. Good news for btc. Peace This isn't Bitcoin related really. Another thread discussing it here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=431572.0 Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: FeedbackLoop on January 27, 2014, 01:25:06 PM Since this is a bit of an offtopic news I will take the liberty of re-using it to post this also related piece:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-27/top-trades-in-disarray-amidst-emerging-market-rout-currencies.html BTC/USD/EUR looks very stable compared with a ton of other currencies these last few days. Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: aigeezer on January 27, 2014, 01:27:01 PM http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/25/hsbc-moneybox_n_4664439.html Not directly a bitcoin news story, but so sooooo connected. This is what we are dealing with when we are talking about big banks. Good news for btc. Peace The comments on the story at huffpo are many and varied, but at least one mentions BTC (Sun, 01/26/2014 - 18:09 | 4369342 Spanky) so maybe that technicality makes it eligible here? Fascinating find in any case. Consensus seems to be that it's a blip rather than The Beginning of the End, but who knows? Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: zeroday on January 27, 2014, 06:13:33 PM http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25861717
Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: BitchicksHusband on January 27, 2014, 07:29:42 PM When are people going to learn to vote with their dollars? If that was my bank I would speak to the manager and close my account immediately on the spot.
If they blocked that, I would open another account at a different bank and transfer £2000 a day until the account was empty. Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: indiemax on January 27, 2014, 07:30:56 PM Plenty of shit banks in the Uk and this is one of the shityist
Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: knightcoin on January 27, 2014, 07:34:35 PM Plenty of shit banks in the Uk and this is one of the shityist very true Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: hilariousandco on January 27, 2014, 07:49:17 PM When are people going to learn to vote with their dollars? If that was my bank I would speak to the manager and close my account immediately on the spot. If they blocked that, I would open another account at a different bank and transfer £2000 a day until the account was empty. If we take away our money we take away their power. Plenty of shit banks in the Uk and this is one of the shityist Haha, pretty much, closely followed by Barclays. Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: knightcoin on January 27, 2014, 08:04:39 PM When are people going to learn to vote with their dollars? If that was my bank I would speak to the manager and close my account immediately on the spot. If they blocked that, I would open another account at a different bank and transfer £2000 a day until the account was empty. If we take away our money we take away their power. Plenty of shit banks in the Uk and this is one of the shityist Haha, pretty much, closely followed by Barclays. Title: Re: [2014-01-25] HSBC Bank Refuses to Let Customers Withdraw Large Sums Post by: knightcoin on January 27, 2014, 08:06:19 PM When are people going to learn to vote with their dollars? If that was my bank I would speak to the manager and close my account immediately on the spot. If they blocked that, I would open another account at a different bank and transfer £2000 a day until the account was empty. If we take away our money we take away their power. Plenty of shit banks in the Uk and this is one of the shityist Haha, pretty much, closely followed by Barclays. and their account will match defcon judgment day ... |