What Is 'Debanking'? How the Right to a Bank Account Became Political.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Bank of America firmly denied that, saying that Indigenous Advance was involved in debt collection and that the bank refuses to serve such entities.
47% : In late 2020 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, under Mr. Brooks, said it saw evidence that the five largest banks in America -- JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank -- had stopped providing banking services to fossil fuel companies.
44% : The first lady, Melania Trump, wrote in her recent memoir that a bank had dropped her and the couple's son, Barron, though she cited no evidence and her office declined to provide any.
40% : In one instance flagged by the attorney general's office for Wyoming, Wells Fargo's website advertised that the lender would deny services to coal mining companies.
35% : In recent months, the cry of "debanking" has rung out from conservative and religious groups and the Trump Organization to accuse lenders of politically motivated discrimination.

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