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by tastroder 2480 days ago
> Every bank is a private company and can choose their customers.

Not really, basic payment accounts are backed by quite a few legislations with pretty strict exceptions (i.e. money laundering or terrorism financing in the EU wide case):

EU (since 2014): https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/financial-pr...

Germany (over a century): https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https:/...