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but surely you can show up at your bank with identification and get the email changed?

by DuckyC 2y ago

gorbachev 2y ago
What if your bank account is at Monzo, or any other online-only bank that seem to be the fastest growing personal banking sector at the moment.
- iamacyborg 2y ago
  This is a good reason why you should probably avoid neo-banks.
- Unbefleckt 2y ago
  Last I used one of those they wanted me to take a photo of myself with ID and I think record a video.
viraptor 2y ago
Depends how close your closest physical branch is. It may be hours away because of where you live. Or it may be a flight away because you're abroad.
- andsoitis 2y ago
  You can call your bank. They can verify your identity over the phone and banks do so routinely.
  - jermaustin1 2y ago
    Some banks do so routinely. Not all banks in all countries do this. One of my banks required me to email my passport, drivers license, and case number to the person I was talking to over the phone in order to prove my identity. My passport was 1000 miles away. My drivers license was expired (was living in NYC at the time, and not driving). My bank had no physical branches outside of the state of Louisiana. All of this after answering the security question, and providing my SSN. How I eventually was able to re-enable my account was calling a friend who worked in the mortgage department to have my account reset. If I didn't have a friend at the bank, I wouldn't have been able to reset my account without flying either back to NYC or having a family member drive me from Texas to Louisiana.
    - andsoitis 2y ago
      The BBC has edited the article and the line I quoted I can no longer find. I was pretty sure that particular person the quote was from was described as living in the US (as is another one of the examples in the article). One of the other individuals in the article lives in Saudi Arabia, which has a very highly developed banking system.
- kazinator 2y ago
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fortyseven 2y ago
Not all banks have a physical presence.
Ensorceled 2y ago
Unless your bank is IN Gaza ...

but surely you can show up at your bank with identification and get the email changed?

by DuckyC 2y ago

but surely you can show up at your bank with identification and get the email changed?

What if your bank account is at Monzo, or any other online-only bank that seem to be the fastest growing personal banking sector at the moment.

iamacyborg 2y ago
This is a good reason why you should probably avoid neo-banks.
Unbefleckt 2y ago
Last I used one of those they wanted me to take a photo of myself with ID and I think record a video.

viraptor 2y ago

Depends how close your closest physical branch is. It may be hours away because of where you live. Or it may be a flight away because you're abroad.

andsoitis 2y ago
You can call your bank. They can verify your identity over the phone and banks do so routinely.
- jermaustin1 2y ago
  Some banks do so routinely. Not all banks in all countries do this. One of my banks required me to email my passport, drivers license, and case number to the person I was talking to over the phone in order to prove my identity. My passport was 1000 miles away. My drivers license was expired (was living in NYC at the time, and not driving). My bank had no physical branches outside of the state of Louisiana. All of this after answering the security question, and providing my SSN. How I eventually was able to re-enable my account was calling a friend who worked in the mortgage department to have my account reset. If I didn't have a friend at the bank, I wouldn't have been able to reset my account without flying either back to NYC or having a family member drive me from Texas to Louisiana.
  - andsoitis 2y ago
    The BBC has edited the article and the line I quoted I can no longer find. I was pretty sure that particular person the quote was from was described as living in the US (as is another one of the examples in the article). One of the other individuals in the article lives in Saudi Arabia, which has a very highly developed banking system.
kazinator 2y ago
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fortyseven 2y ago

Not all banks have a physical presence.

Ensorceled 2y ago

Unless your bank is IN Gaza ...