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YYR's avatar

There's no advantage to them tipping their hand without the commitment to use this new weapon. They overestimated their support. JP Morgan/Chase has been playing this game too. PayPal's move may have been a trial balloon to see if the public would go along, or to see if they could scare people into silence and complicity online before the midterms. Fail.

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Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

PayPal is also global - so if they piss off a few Americans, big deal... And unlike with Facebook-Google who's ads would make the most $ from Americans, PayPal might be more reliant on unbanked customers and small businesses in third word countries....

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KarenQ's avatar

What do you mean that Chase has been playing this game too? I haven’t seen anything about that. I’ve banked with them for 15 years and I’ve been quite happy with them, so please fill me in on what I don’t know! Thanks in advance.

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Positively Paying It Forward's avatar

Over $400mm in fines for just about every crime a bank can commit. Just web search “ fines assessed to chase bank” and enjoy the reading/articles. The “big 7” are basically too big to fail. See how much chaos Chase was involved in the 2007-8 subprime and derivatives scandals? Pres Obummer bailed them all out due to Geitner’s back scratching.

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Notyours's avatar

They suggested Kanye West move his account as I understand it. Believe the same happened to Michael Flynn?

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