Admiral Rockwell Tory
Diamond Member
So whNo, that would be stupid. No financial institution would ever do such a thing. Only the issuing financial institution could verify the funds, and most, if not all, institutions will not verify funds, if they are in a client/member account, without the client/member's consent. You are not following.Certainly the Company name was on those checks and the bank manager could have called that company.
If policy was followed that applies to everyone, then racism is not a factor.
However, if they completely refused to take the deposit at all, the guy may have a legitimate beef. That would not represent following a policy that applies to everyone.
The article indicates that he had to take the checks else where so yes the bank refused him, an existing customer, services. I'm sure that the bank that the checks were drawn on would have been happy to open an account for him so that the funds stayed with their institution, however it can be inconvenient to have to have two different banks to deal with when there was absolutely no reason for him not to have been able to open an addition account with his current bank. And there is no indication in the article whether or not that bank was a local one.If policy was followed that applies to everyone, then racism is not a factor.
However, if they completely refused to take the deposit at all, the guy may have a legitimate beef. That would not represent following a policy that applies to everyone.
And what policy involves calling the police because the banker was unable to verify the funds? He wasn't arrest so he obviously had committed no crime. The police element was just to insult and hujmiliate him.
Suspected fraud, when he would not take "no" for an answer perhaps?