Opening a new account with a credit union or bank

Just got this back concerning opening a new account with a credit union, everyone needs to know this is what is going on behind the scenes:

These checks run the information that we must gather on you, and that you provide through a list of government compiled databases. These databases then check to make sure that you are not involved in the funding of terrorism or involved in any criminal activity. This is required on each and every person that opens an account throughout the country. Thank you again for your time and patience.

Respectfully,

Customer identification programs (CIPs) are required by federal law to prevent financing of terrorist operations and money laundering. The requirements go beyond just verifying your identity. Banks must keep records of identifying information and check customer names against terrorist lists.

The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act, (USA PATRIOT Act), includes measures to undercut terrorist financing and combat money laundering. Customer identification programs for financial institutions are required by §326 of the PATRIOT Act, with the details spelled out in regulations published by multiple federal agencies. The regulations are referred to in this guide collectively as the CIP Rules.

This guide is intended to make you aware of the requirements for opening a financial account as well as the kinds of companies that must comply with the CIP Rules.

Read the rest here: https://www.privacyrights.org/consumer-guides/customer-identification-programs-financial-transactions

3 thoughts on “Opening a new account with a credit union or bank

  1. As D.C. Is the biggest terrorist den funded by us and our tax dollars
    Anyone see the irony in them watching us?

    Ain’t it bout time we not only start watching them
    But when they fund terrorists, maybe we should revoke their accounts with us, via tax boycotts

  2. “Banks must keep records of identifying information and check customer names against terrorist lists.”

    While at the same time their mammon is FUNDING terrorists.

  3. WHY THE FK DO YOU COMPLY? THEY NEED OUR CONSENT. STOP GIVING IT! Yeah, ok so it means you have to go thru checkmart ( or whatever) to cash your check. Yes, “Mabel” it means you must ride your bike in the rain to get groceries, instead of the car. Yes it means you must REARRANGE your priorities. STOP PROTESTING! …..ACT ON IT! STOP VOTING, STOP WATCHING TV……JUST STOP! Turn in your ID, dont renew it. Whatever. The game keeps going because YOU KEEP PLAYING. As long as you keep paying for gas, the car stays on the same road. Don’t like the road you’re on? Instead of pleading with the driver to PLEASE turn around……get out of the fkn car!!! Yes Wilbur it does mean that its gonna hurt when you jump out at 120 mph……but a few scratches is minor compared to the cliff the driver is speeding towards. The driver has the pedal to the metal…can’t go fast enough! Your plaintive wailings are music to his ears. Guess what? THE DRIVER IS SATAN! Ignore! the passengers who ridicule or don’t believe in cliffs! Forget about the metaphysical questions of ” why did God place me in THIS car” Just get out! But..but what about the other passengers? GET OUT OF THE CAR!
    (Obviously, I am not talking to you who comprehend. Disregard if you “grok” what Im saying. But I am only one person. My voice is very small. And I am SO weary of being dismissed as a hopeless relic. But I can see the cliff! People who choose to eat the blue pill, wear rose colored glasses….have locked the fkn doors!!! I can’t get out but I want to) Thank you, trenchers, for allowing me to vent. Forgive my ranting.

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