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by wfaler 5808 days ago
This is likely due to you being an American citizen or green card holder: American authorities have lately completely disregarded that some people may expatriate for completely legitimate reasons, and American crackdowns and IRS rules makes it exceedingly unattractive for any non-American financial institution to deal with American customers.

The minimal gain opposed to the guaranteed hassle of dealing with American authorities and rules simply isn't worth it for most foreign banks.