The owner of the Australian exchanger, Allan Flynn, filed with ANZ and Westpac banks for blocking their bank accounts, demanding compensation of A $ 250,000.
Allan Flynn (Allan Flynn) said that his service serves over 450 regular customers. Platform at the Australian Center for Accounting and Analysis of Financial Transactions (AUSTRAC). Despite this, banks refuse to service Flynn’s accounts.
He accuses banks of systematic discrimination, saying that over the past three years, his bank accounts have already been closed in more than 20 financial institutions. These include the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), National Bank of Australia (NAB), ING and Bendigo Bank.
“How can I run a legitimate business if my bank accounts are blocked?” Flynn wonders.
Flynn already filed an application with the Australian Complaints Complaints Authority (AFCA) last year to resolve the issue. However, the AFCA said Westpac was acting in accordance with the established rules. The bank has closed the user’s account in connection with the ongoing investigation of cryptocurrency fraud. Westpac is using Flynn compensation for the sudden closure of an account.
However, the Australian claims that he never received the promised payment. In turn, the New Zealand banking group ANZ said it provides banking services to cryptocurrency brokers. Flynn’s new complaint will go to civil and administrative courts, and will begin in March.
It’s not just Australian banks that are facing similar charges. In March 2020, India’s Supreme Court issued a directive from the country’s Central Bank (RBI) banning banks and financial institutions from serving cryptocurrency firms. However, even after the Supreme Court decision, many Indian banks are still showing signs of “crypto-phobia.”
A similar situation is developing in China, where organized cryptocurrency trading has been banned for several years. In June, OTC cryptocurrency traders also started complaining about the blocking of their bank accounts. It turned out that they were being frozen by the Chinese police due to suspicions of using cryptocurrencies to carry out illegal transactions.
