{"id":90712,"date":"1999-12-31T00:26:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/accc-finds-banks-bitcoin-boycott-legit-pollies-fume\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:26:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:26:00","slug":"accc-finds-banks-bitcoin-boycott-legit-pollies-fume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/accc-finds-banks-bitcoin-boycott-legit-pollies-fume\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCC Finds Banks Bitcoin Boycott Legit: Pollies Fume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has found Australia&#8217;s banks have no case to answer over their withdrawal of banking services to bitcoin operators.<\/p>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The findings by the ACCC have left the bitcoin operators and some politicians stunned, claiming the ACCC&#8217;s investigation was sub-standard.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Nationals Senator Matthew Canavan reportedly called the investigation flawed, following what he said was evidence that the banks had colluded before deciding to close the accounts of bitcoin companies.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">However ACCC chairman Rod Sims wrote to Canavan, citing available material which suggested banks had individually decided to stop providing services as a way to manage their regulatory obligations and risks.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Sims said banks had the right to choose whom they dealt with, and there were many reasons why they could legitimately refuse to deal with an organisation. 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