@inch @Soweitsogut

#Funfact: Es gibt das gibt das #Basiskonto auf welches jede volljährige Person mit legalem Aufenthalt Anrecht hat, egal ob #Aufenthaltstitel, #Duldung, laufendes #Asylverfahren, oder sonstwie.

• Und ja, das gilt auch für #Schutzsuchende und sogar Menschen die sich zum Zeitpunkt der Antragsstellung mit Touristen-Visum aufhalten.

Aber das ist nicht meine #Meinung sondern die Info gem. @bafin7und die git's sogar auf englisch…

• Es bedarf dafür nichtmals eine #Meldeanschrift; lediglich eine c/o - Addresse (bspw. Aufnahmeeinrichtung oder Postfach) reicht. Unterlagen wie Karte u.ä. können i.d.R. in der Filiale abgeholt werden.

Nur ein Ausweisdokument mit Foto und Unterschrift (und für #US-Staatsbürger*innen #SSN wegen #FATCA) reichen.

• Terminvereinbarung wird streng empfohlen, genauso wie das Ausfüllen des Antragsformulars.

@wmd Instead of using #ProtonMail which is as "#Swiss Secure" as #CryptoAG aka. #MINERVA / #RUBIKON or * Swiss Banks since #FATCA*...

Personally, I can recommend @monocles / #monoclesMail...

@eloquence precisely that is my problem with bs like the #TikTokBan...

• It's merely signalling that everything is fine unless it touches #NOBUS Doctrine and threatens the "#GlobalReach" of #NSAbook and it's access via #PRISM-Collaborators.

The fact that #DataBrokers basically act as privatized #intelligence agencies IS LITERALLY THE PROBLEM!

• But that doesn't hurt the #StatusQuo, unlike #DigitalSouvereignity or god forbid people go out of their way to avoid being subject to #CloudAct.

I'd not be surprised if #Trump were to basically create a "DATA-#FATCA" and demand #hosters and #providers outside the #USA to #backdoor their systems and provide #BulkAccess to #US citizens' data to US intelligence unless they want to face sanctions which would basically force them off the Internet due to it's US-centric nature!

@mina @bojkotiMalbona @energisch_ @Nickiquote nit entirely.

• It is the nations' decision whether or not they want to join in #FATCA or not.

I would not as a matter of principles…

@bojkotiMalbona @energisch_ @mina @Nickiquote If it was my decision, #Germany would not have signed up on #FATCA bs.

• Sadly I'm not in position to #RepealFATCA and restore #privacy as well as outlaw #discrimination.

That being said I've not found any #Bank in Germany that rejects #US #citizens (as basically everyone who is a resident regardless of legal status (i.e. seeking asylum, on tourist visa, permanent resident) or even legal address (i.e. even homeless people can get a bank account) as clients per-se since #Banking is regulated as a #utility and every #ConsumerBank must offer "basic accounts".

• The only problem may be that almost all will #KYC their clients in person and with #cooperative-owned #CreditUnions they'll OFC demand a minimum buy-in of shares (usually around €50-100).

Granted a #BankAccount in Germany is kinda essential and without it one can neither get paid (all employers will wire money using #SEPA, paying wages in #cash isn't even legal in most cases) nor can one make rent, pay utilities and insurance bills (even the most slimy landlords don't want cash!)...

• Same goes for #CashlessPayments: #girocard is the standard supported by every #BankingCard, as #CreditCards are virtually nonexistant (outside of very rich peoples' pockets and business peoples' / freelancers' wallets) due to high fees and banks being extremely stingy to even approve a credit card that isn't a #prepaid one at all...