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Stop banks from deleting customers accounts without good reason.

Submitted on Saturday 1st July 2023

Rejected on Wednesday 5th July 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Stop banks from deleting customers accounts without good reason.

Petition Details

For banks to cancel customer accounts because they do not like the views of the customer or for any reason they cannot fairly defend in court is to make that person's or businesses's life untenable. Therefore there should be a lawton prevent it.

Additional Information

In the modern world it is almost impossible to to live a normal life without being able to accept money by electronic transfer and pay for goods using a debit card. To restrict any business or person by not allowing them access to banking is a basic restriction of human rights that allows powerful organisations to wield power over their customers that is disproportionate.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions around the operation of bank accounts, including when to close these, are a matter for individual banks, not the the Government or Parliament.

If you'd like to make a complaint about your experience, you can find out how to complain here: www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/consumers/how-to-complain

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