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Re: Crestar Fingerprinting Assault

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From: C.
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00
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Fair enough, but requiring biometric information creates other potential 
problems (legal precedent if challenged, missues etc etc etc.).

Banks are a service industry, and if they limit their service too much, 
of piss to many people off...


>Which is the entire point of Crestar's policy - to make non-customers go
>away.  That's the same reason they put the fees on their ATMs.  I've
>spoken to one Crestar manager who explained it very clearly - they don't
>want to do any business with people who don't hold accounts.  They
>consider such people a drain on the bank's resources.
>
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>qnivq@ivfvk.pbz      | Software, nor of anyone besides myself.  The 
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>Member of Team-OS/2  | signature for my real mail address.  I apologize 
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>---------------------+ the inconvenience.  Blame the spammers.
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Subject: Re: Crestar Fingerprinting Assault
Date: 1997/09/16
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