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Your Bank Account Has a Secret Weakness. Canada Should Be Worried.
What if your bank decided your political opinions made you a financial risk? A major U.S. banking investigation has named TD Bank and BMO among nine financial institutions examined over practices that restricted access to banking services.
And Canada has its own disturbing history of frozen bank accounts.
On October 14, 2026, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released findings from a sweeping investigation into debanking, political discrimination, and so-called "reputational risk."
The investigation identified banking policies capable of restricting financial services because…
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