I went to 4 after work. The first 3 were working last week, but not today. Finally, I went to a larger bank branch and cashed out heavily. I keep only enough in bank to pay the bills, but they’re even going to make that difficult. A sign of things to come…
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Same here, I only keep what’s needed in the bank account. Had a strange experience last week trying to make a withdrawal. It was declined as suspicious behavior as I made a withdrawal the day before. Had to call them. Next time I made a withdrawal the ATM requested the PIN number on the back of the card. Never had that request before. I’ve only ever used the bank’s ATM at the bank for cash withdrawals. (There’s a recording camera facing the customer built in to the ATM.) Never for purchases except one autopay for city water bill.
When I access the account on line there’s a prompt to set up Face IDENTIFICATION as another way to sign in instead of user ID and password.
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In my area, there’s been a recent rash of physical mag strip “skimmers” installed in ATMs in convenience stores, gas pumps, and possibly even in banks. These are crimes centered on financial data crossing state lines in “the real world” of bygone days, the FBI or one of their peer agencies would be compelled to crack down hard on this kind of fraud. Nope…the only recourse here is the state/local law enforcement branches, which have likely single digit % of the tech and resources the federal agencies have at their disposal.
But of course, the FBI and other federal LE agencies have much more important agenda to pursue, likely harassing parents at school board meetings, political intimidation campaigns, targeting citizens at the behest of corporations, and so forth.
Our institutions, particularly law enforcement, are beyond a state of disrepair, they’ve actually been co-opted as hired muscle for the wealthy, politicians and corporations.
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Thanks for the info…makes sense. The bank covers any illegal activity. Their vigilance is understandable. Any mag stolen data would not have the PIN number on the back of the card. Their algorithms probably kicked in because the maximum amount allowed was requested two days in a row.
Watch out for the bank holidays, supposedly the type of weekend where the banks tend to get very naughty.