As the virus of debanking spreads, it is becoming a big deal in the news. Here we collate ongoing news stories about this important topic.

EU

Debanking is a ‘top 3’ issue for EU consumers, European Banking Authority says (26 March 2025)

Canada

Canada PPC candidate Meghan Murphy says her bank account was frozen after election bid announcement (16 April 2025)

Why banks are closing accounts without explanation, leaving Canadians scrambling (4 February 2025)

Australia

Australian banks deny small businesses an explanation for debanking (20 Jan 2023)

UK

Extra snooping powers for banks pass in UK Parliament (1 May 2025)

Millions shielded from debanking in UK — banks must now give clear reason for account closure (28 April 2025)

Man debanked due to ‘offensive’ word in a payment reference — it was ‘banter’ to a friend! (12 May 2025)

Lloyds debank UK mum for sending ‘pocket money’ to ballet star son in Moscow (16 April 2025)

UK petition launches to stop bank spying, excessive govt powers (April 2025)

Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage settles debanking' dispute (26 March 2025)

Half a million customers debanked to avoid expensive bank payouts (21 March 2025)

Debanking crisis: HALF A MILLION 'innocent consumers' affected in UK, staggering new data shows (23 March 2025)

USA

Idaho joins the debanking ban wave (16 April 2025)

Congress may help end debanking (9 April 2025)

US Senator introduces bill to drop banks’ ‘reputational risk’ metric, claims improper use of authority (7 March 2025)

Senate Republicans effectively legalized debanking (5 March 2025)

End secret surveillance behind debanking! (20 February 2025)

Witnesses expose Biden-era debanking scandal as ‘Operation Choke Point 2.0’ emerges (6 February 2025)

Debanking is the new censorship (30 January 2025)

Bank of America denies political discrimination — investigation follows claims of debanking Conservatives (29 January 2025)

PayPal admits debanking children’s rights campaigner (19 January 2025)

Proof that PayPal debanked ‘lockdown critics’ for their views (18 January 2025)

How do you solve a problem like debanking? (8 Jul 2023)

New Zealand

Debanking — the new risk in finance in New Zealand (5 May 2025)

Older

Banks filed a massive 4.6 million Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), with immunity from liability for filing (18 December 2024)

Investigation of more than 500 ‘debanking' cases revealed that many people don’t know what they’re under suspicion for (30 November 2023)