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Revelation 13:11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

The Mark of the Beast
16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

https://slaynews.com/news/bank-america-customers-balances-wiped-zero-reports-widespread-outages/

Customers with Bank of America are sounding the alarm after realizing the balances on their accounts have been wiped to zero.

Other customers are reporting they are blocked from “accessing their accounts and balance information,” according to CBS News.

The news comes amid reports of widespread outages at the bank.

Bank of America confirmed to CBS that “some clients” are dealing with a “glitch.”

The issue is preventing them from being able to access “their accounts and balance information,” according to the outlet.

In a statement, Bank of America said:

“Some clients are experiencing an issue accessing their accounts and balance information today.

Use local credit unions instead. Way, way more trustworthy, and they give much better interest rates too.

https://slaynews.com/news/melania-trump-debanked-political-affiliation/

Former First Lady Melania Trump has revealed that she had her bank account shut down and her business contracts canceled over her “political affiliation.”

During a new interview with Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo, Melania Trump revealed she has been the victim of a “canceling project.” ...

“The bank suddenly informed me they will not be able to do business with me anymore,” she revealed.

Patrick says

" https://slaynews.com/news/melania-trump-debanked-political-affiliation/
“The bank suddenly informed me they will not be able to do business with me anymore,” she revealed."

What is the name of the bank?

Melania is also the ONLY first Lady NOT to be photographed by Vogue Magazine, even though she was featured in Vogue before Trump was president. Nope, no discrimination here.

https://slaynews.com/news/billionaire-tech-investor-marc-andreessen-biden-admin-behind-campaign-debank-opponents/

Billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen has accused the Biden-harris administration of leading a campaign to pressure financial institutions to “debank” customers who opposed the Democrats’ agenda.

Andreessen made the allegations during an interview with Joe Rogan on his massive podcast.

The Silicon Valley venture capitalist the Biden admin of weaponizing executive agencies to pressure financial institutions to “debank” companies and individuals who are critical of the Democrats.

“Debanking” is when a person or business has their account shut down and blocked by a financial system.

“The First Amendment says the government cannot censor American citizens,” Andreessen began.

“And so, what they do is if you want to censor American citizens in the government, if you’re smart, you don’t do that.

“What you do is you fund an outside organization and then you have them do it.” ...

“But what if you’re politically on the Left?” Rogan asked.

“That’s fine,” Andreesen replied.

“So, no one on the Left gets debanked?” Rogan asked incredulously.

“I haven’t heard of a single instance of anyone on the Left getting debanked,” Andreessen answered.

“You get kicked out of your bank account.

“You get kicked out of the — you can’t do credit card transactions.”

“This is where the government and the companies get intertwined,” he continued.

“And back to your fascism point, which is there’s a constitutional amendment that says the government can’t restrict your speech, but there’s no constitutional amendment that says the government can’t debank you, right?

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/gifts-and-grifts-monday-june-30-2025

Last month, the Times ran a controversial story headlined, “No, You Don’t Actually Have a Right to a Bank Account.” The sub-headline explained that, if you were debanked for a Facebook meme about Biden’s last brain cell, tough noogies.

The Times didn’t try very hard to deny that banks have been cutting off customers because of politically motivated discrimination. Crypto companies, frackers, Canadian truckers, conservative commenters, and elderly Facebook memers have all gotten the polite letters saying their business was no longer welcome at major U.S. banks.

“Lawmakers,” the Times admitted, “say there have been thousands of debanking complaints over the past few years.” ...

Patrick says

"Last month, the Times ran a controversial story headlined, “No, You Don’t Actually Have a Right to a Bank Account.”

But they cannot deny you access to a Credit Union, can they?

The_Deplorable says

Patrick says

"Last month, the Times ran a controversial story headlined, “No, You Don’t Actually Have a Right to a Bank Account.”

But they cannot deny you access to a Credit Union, can they?

Probably.

The_Deplorable says

But they cannot deny you access to a Credit Union, can they?

Credit Unions are exclusive by nature - one must qualify to be a member.

HeadSet says

The_Deplorable says

But they cannot deny you access to a Credit Union, can they?

Credit Unions are exclusive by nature - one must qualify to be a member.

And if you have deposits in a Credit Union you are actually a shareholder, not just a depositor / debt that a bank owes money to on the books.

Right, that's my understanding. Credit unions are simply private groups of people who get together to provide loans and other services to each other.

I suppose a credit union could kick you out, but on the other hand there are a lot of them with various philosophies, while banks all seem centrally controlled from NY and dedicated to the woke agenda, at least until Trump got elected for the third time...

Patrick says

Right, that's my understanding. Credit unions are simply private groups of people who get together to provide loans and other services to each other.

I suppose a credit union could kick you out, but on the other hand there are a lot of them with various philosophies, while banks all seem centrally controlled from NY and dedicated to the woke agenda, at least until Trump got elected for the third time...

It’s my experience, not just understanding. I exclusively use credit unions, fuck banks. I was soured on banks when I went to hell hole BofA (didn’t know any better, that’s where our parents took us) to open my first checking account and my younger sister at the same time tried to open a savings account when we were teens, and my sister found out that BofA was already servicing her social security number with a checking and credit account to some fat illegal woman. They handled that situation with a bunch of bullshit as they did a few others until I wised up and ran to a credit union instead.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/business/jpmorgan-and-bank-of-america-debanked-trump-under-pressure-from-biden-admin-sources/

JPMorgan and Bank of America ‘debanked’ Trump under pressure from Biden admin...

The exact reason for Trump and his tens of millions of dollars in holdings being kicked off the JPMorgan banking platform, and then denied access to Bank of America’s services, has yet to be reported. ...

Trump, of course, survived it all and is now in his second presidential term. He is vowing to end debanking; his regulators have stopped enforcing the reputational risk clause and he plans an executive order in the matter.

I sure hope Trump can do something about corrupt banks refusing to serve people based on their political views.

The right thing to do is put those banks completely out of business and bankrupt the shareholders.

Maybe you never could trust banks:

https://x.com/9mm_smg/status/1955000387003416775

The single most radicalizing moment of my life happened when I was 21. I was living paycheck to paycheck at the time and BARELY scraping by. It was payday, and I went to use my debt card to buy groceries, and it was rejected. I knew the direct deposit was in and I was confused. My account was almost empty. I went to the bank to figure out what happened and nearly lost my mind. I was hit with dozens of 30 dollar overdraft fees. The bank intentionally put through large charges FIRST despite the large charges being charged after. They held back the lower micro purchase charges, and then once my account was zeroed out, they put through a string of small charges, charging me 30 dollars for each one. I paid over 30 dollars for a tin of altoids, I paid 35 dollars for five dollars in gas. Had they posted the charges correctly, I would have just been rejected. I was young and dumb and barely scraping by, but my balance at the ATM kept saying there were funds available. They hit me with so many overdraft fees that it took me months to get back on even footing.

I still think about it today, and I'm filled with rage. They still pull this nonsense today on the young and poor. So yes, I'm harsh and critical towards our banking system. I want them all in prison.

Well, the Babylonian song remains the same. If you owe them money, they hound you and make your life a living hell until they collect, and then cancel your account.

If they owe you money, they grudgingly might pay you without force majeure, but more than likely the aggregate of owed monies they prefer to resolve by arranging wars to kill the account holders.

I had a client who used to drill out intestate safe deposit boxes. The banks had rules and various trusts to handle such things legally to sort of probate it, but the client basically said they just kept the stuff if nothing came of it. I guess you could call that account holder harvesting lite.

When I worked in poor communities, virtually nobody passed a credit screening or had a viable credit score. The places were full of check cashing places with cages and iron bars where the people would cash checks with commissions taken off, so they lived from cash bolus to cash bolus. The concept of banks didn't enter their lives and they couldn't get a bank account if they wanted one.

I read a story recently about a homeless woman who died and they found a couple hundred thousand dollars in cash in luggages in her stuff. She apparently got it all from panhandling and just kept it with her. Her luggage was her bank.

One day they won't have any humans at the bank all machines, it's happening now in some areas. I've seen one where they had ATMS all lined up inside it was a Chase bank horrible vibs inside that place I was cashing a check as a non customer. Serious pain in the ass took forever who in the hell would be a Chase customer? also Wells F is a horrible horrible company. I name names so should everybody else.

Patrick says

Maybe you never could trust banks:

That happened to me in my 20s but I called, bitched and got them to reverse the charges. It was Wells Fargo.

When the bank measures you for a coffin before opening your account, you know your are in trouble already.

Patrick says

at least until Trump got elected for the third time...

Nice way to slip that in!

Patrick says

Maybe you never could trust banks:

https://x.com/9mm_smg/status/1955000387003416775

This was a popular bank trick about 15 years ago. By paying the big bill first, even if it came last in time order, they claimed it was a service.

Very sneaky: Since the big bills would be car payments, rents, insurance payments, etc. and got paid first, that would reduce potential pressure from OTHER powerful lobbies. While maximizing overage charges on the customer.