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mothballedlast Friday at 5:30 PM0 repliesview on HN

Would make a lot of sense for banks just to shut off online/mobile access and switch to in person only. That seems to be the way things are moving with KYC/AML and ensuring there is a material presence of the person in the banking jurisdiction in which they operate. Knowing the password / keys and providing a video 'proof of life' is no longer sufficient to presume you're dealing with the person you think you are and not just sold 'darks'.

I've heard 3rd hand of some banks already doing this in i.e. Armenia where a foreigner can come in and open account easily but they block any online access to lock the control of funds in country to make it harder for the FATF psychopaths to find fodder to clamp down on them.