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by stephen_g 404 days ago
In my country (Australia) unclaimed money is surrendered to a department of the Federal Government and held in trust, and people can claim it back if they can prove it’s theirs (usually the bank has your name and tax file number so it’s not at all difficult).

So there’s no impediment here to closing accounts after a few years of inactivity, whatever the balance (if it’s positive) it just has to be sent there.