PEOPLE FIRST. BANKING SECOND.
Your account.
Your money.
Your life.
A restricted or closed account can upend a household or bring a business to a standstill. Personal and business customers deserve a fair process, clear communication, and a chance to be heard.
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01 / THE PETITION
Banking is essential.
Fairness should be too.
We call on banks and financial providers, regulators, and policymakers to put people and livelihoods at the centre of decisions to restrict or close personal and business accounts.
When access to money disappears, the consequences reach far beyond banking: paying rent, receiving wages, supporting a family, paying staff and suppliers, or keeping a business trading.
Protect the financial system.
Protect the people who depend on it, too.
Banks need to prevent fraud and meet their legal obligations. We ask for safeguards that give customers fair treatment, wherever the law permits notice and disclosure.
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To the leadership of banks and financial providers, financial regulators, and policymakers:
We, the undersigned, ask you to establish and enforce a fair, proportionate process for restricting or closing personal and business bank accounts. Individuals, sole traders, and businesses should receive reasonable notice where legally permitted, understandable explanations, and practical information about what happens to their money.
We ask for accessible human review, clear appeal timelines, support for vulnerable customers and businesses facing disruption, and a safe route to recover or transfer funds where legally permitted. We also ask regulators to scrutinise how these decisions affect households, businesses, employees, and suppliers, and to publish aggregate findings.
These requests recognise that some investigations and legal obligations limit what a bank can disclose or when it can act. Those constraints should not remove accountability or the need to minimise avoidable harm.
02 / WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE
Four things.
A fairer system.
Notice, not a nasty surprise.
Reasonable advance notice of closure, wherever legally permitted, so personal and business customers can make other arrangements.
Clear reasons. Clear next steps.
Understandable explanations where disclosure is allowed, with practical guidance and realistic timelines.
A human who can hear your appeal.
Accessible review by a person, a clear complaints process, and a meaningful way to challenge a decision.
A safe way to move forward.
Prompt access to or transfer of remaining funds where legally permitted, with support for households at risk of hardship and businesses facing disruption.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE ACCOUNTS
Every account has a story.
Read experiences shared by petition supporters. Filter by bank and find the stories that matter to you.
03 / GOOD TO KNOW
A few fair questions.
Does this cover personal and business accounts?
Yes. This campaign calls for fair treatment across banks and financial providers, for both personal and business accounts. It includes individuals, sole traders, and businesses—and the families, employees, and suppliers who depend on them.
Is this a legal claim or class action?
No. Signing supports a public campaign for policy and process changes. It does not join a lawsuit, create a lawyer–client relationship, or submit an individual complaint to a bank.
What happens after I sign?
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It’s your money.
You deserve a voice.