Chase Bank is accused of refusing to cash a doctor’s check because she was a Black woman. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson reports on how lawmakers are working to address the issue as it garners massive social media attention under the hashtag “Banking While Black.”
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1,000.000 million 💲dollars??? That’s not enough! Go for 20,000.000 so they 🤕hurt for doing this kind of wicked and racist issue…
Just as many white, and other colors have committed fraud etc. Why always the focus is on blacks only? It comes down to those who are racist, they choose to create this issue.
I was visiting the US and went into a bank to get smaller bills for a hundred dollars 💵 and was refused because I didn’t have “an account” there.
I am a Canadian!!!
Bank at black owned banks
Canada have that same thing
When you’re addressing this publicly. This is not an individual experience. You should address black as a whole. Since you said ‘you people’
How stupid is Chase
It is no secret that black people play the race card every time they do not get what they want, I find it difficult to believe that ONLY black people are denied service or [in this case] offered an alternative deposit solution which was not accepted. A lot of black families are rich today because they know that they will win by pulling the race card. 1:37
Bro your name is proud american it literally all checks out
I think there are actually two issues here, which are closely related, but separate. The inherent suspicion of black/brown people, and the inherent belief that they are somehow not American citizens. I say that because if the bank was simply suspicious, they would have opened an account and told her that she had to take extra steps to prove that the check was real and that the issuing party actually meant to send it – maybe even refusing to cash/deposit the check until the issuing bank gave them a call. It would have been clearly racist to hold her to different standards than a white customer, but at least at that point they would be acknowledging that there is some possibility that she validly belongs in society with everyone else, and they wouldn’t even do that. So disgusting.
Yea wells fargo is the same…
we should go to the bank 5 times a week.
I avoid Chase at all costs. No credit cards, no atm usage, and certainly no banking or investment accounts. In this world it is nearly impossible to have 100% of your employees behave without bias 100% of the time. Their response as a company in this case is unacceptable. They should take responsibility, train their employees, pay a settlement, and issue a proper apology to this woman.
How disappointing. A young woman making great strides in her life to be treated in this manner is disgraceful. JP Morgan Chase talks a big game but apparently doesn’t back it up. “While we fell short … .” That’s a colossal understatement.
Chase is known for racial discrimination. They blackball black people all the time. Once they blackball you, you can’t even open a checking account or get credit cards.
This needs to keep getting exposed.
They yes They need to stop it They know who They are
The sad part is JP Morgan was a racist.
And till this day this practice still continues.
I would like to offer an alternative.
I had a local bank refuse to cash a SSI check for something way less than hers. I think sometimes the banks just like to mess with people’s lives rather than actual racial bias. I’m a white guy.
So Chase bank is saying the doctor is lying?
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The banks only like the colour of you’re money ,not you’re skin colour ? If you’re a black person you’ll always have trouble cashing checks at any bank in America .
Or just bank at black banks.. lets get that going
If I was her when I get the money. I will go back to Chase bank and say I would like to cash a check. Might as well go for check number 2.
We the people find Chase Bank not guilty.
This is a crazy but long known part of the systematic racism that is the USA.
I have never had that problem here in Europe, racism in the USA is extreme, the world can see this, can see how hollow the words “this is not America” are, and know that this is the USA, a problem that has to change if the country is to move forward, to advance.
I’m sorry chase gave a generic statement to cover their butt
Not every black person is bad, just like not all cops are bad. Be this is to much.
Discrimination😔
Chase is one of the worst bank
Sue
Chase Bank did the same thing to my husband this weekend in Glendale Heights, IL. They have not learned.
It’s past time for the Civil Rights act to be amended to include financial institutions. As a citizen, I’m kinda embarrassed that it hasn’t already been handled by my country.
Get em, girl!! Hope you get EVERY PENNY!!!!
16K really, Thats not a ton of money now a days.
Yes it a case of racism….am sorry this happened to you…am so proud of you..
I don’t know if chase is racist but the same thing happened to me. I’m 27, black a successful business man and I was looking to switch my business bank accounts to chase and they denied me 2 times. I looked at my chexsystems report nothing negative is on my account. But still no luck. But I’m not going to beg them to do business with me. I’m just going to find a better bank to do business with. But the funny thing is they always send me letters stating they want my business. Just weird. But stuff like makes me realize these big banks are shady.
I applaud this woman/Doctor, I believe this was the standard racist practice that chase bank practices on a daily basis. Chases is a joke to people of color. There are way too many red flags at Bank of America, Chase , Wells Fargo. And man many more banks
That’s why THE LORD says come OUT of her ‘my people’! This is not your rest so called african American man so called Native American man so called Mexican American man. Come out of her. You can’t make straight what God made crooked!
Chase Bank failed trying to destroy her
The check would most likely be on “positive pay”. A service that has a record of all pre-authorized check issues. They also could have verified the issuance of the item if the transaction was during normal business hours with the issuer. But the banks do have check cashing limits for non clients.
The check would most likely be on “positive pay”. A service that has a record of all pre-authorized check issues. They also could have verified the issuance of the item if the transaction was during normal business hours with the issuer.
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Congratulation I am so fabulous a African-American sister
You stood up and fight back
Because they show the done it to somebody else
They are very races
Pray to God a change from their Wicked Ways
I hope African Americans own their own Banks now
Very prejudiced
Take y’all money out those banks 🏦 special. Chase banks
They was wrong
They racist
Sue sue sue…..I don’t mean Susan I mean take them to court
First question: “Is this standard procedure?” Make them commit to explaining what they’re doing and why… If they lie, BUST them!!!!!
AND… If this is (somehow) standard procedure, how does anyone ever come into a windfall and cash a large check? This would seem to be a core business feature… You should WANT to cater to higher end clients… You make “new money” clients feel good and comfortable and you may make a customer for life…
Perhaps they feel that they’re doing “well enough” that they can quite literally leave money on the table…
Well the discrimination act needs to change to include banks as well as everywhere else. Black people are human beings not slaves to society. I wouldn’t want to be the banks shoes right now if every black person who sues the banks for discrimination for banking while black they would be broke.
Its sugerland TX
This is very widespread I suffer similar situations almost monthly. Thank God I have not gotten to where they call the police. It’s very frustrating.
I don’t go into Banks if I don’t have to.. everything I have is direct deposit or I do it somehow online or at the ATM
I hope you win Dr big time sue for millions…
Good, I hope she wins big!
The news stoking the flames of racism. You can not walk in a bank with a large check and open an account with out scrutiny. Just because you have ID doesn’t make it safe for the bank to release funds to you, a check is just a piece of paper with writing on it. A check needs to be verified which takes 5 to 7 days and yor identity needs to be verified not just by ID but other means. People need to stop being ignorant.
Till this day, we have no method of sending or paying money other then a piece of paper with someones scribbles on it ?
Bruh.
Welcome to the Land of the Free? For whom. Let’s remember the Americans in that land. The true native American who where displace by Foreigners, the Indians. The same Foreigners that are discriminating with others American’s. What a nation.
This will not stop. So take them to court, it may not stop . It will cause them to train more. So every time it happens take them to court.
Luckily my first 40k check was deposited instantly… i was so nervous …until another brother was my cashier. Id sold my 1st home.
Black people need to start suing against this racism in any and ALL cases of racist conduct!!!! Nomatter what, take the time and hire an attorney and start suing!!!!!!
In the words of Jay-Z,
“Light n*gga, dark n*gga, faux n*gga, real n*gga;
Rich n*gga, poor n*gga, house n*gga, field n*gga;
Still n*gga.”
People only keep enough in banks for bills groceries…re invest with people that hire smarter people obviously they hire anybody that follows the one racist on the job. move your money NOW!!!
So basically what you saying is to any black person that has a check over $5,000 have the person that gave it to you deposited their self that’s b******* if they gave it to you you walk in the bank and you deposit your money and if they don’t accept it sue they ask
So glad i found out about “banking while black” literally helping me cut off choices
lololol… But black people still bank with CHASE! ha ha ha ha !
Well, if she wins, that will be another check.
chase bank…nosebleed racists
What happens when they win the lawsuit? Will another bank harass them with the lawsuit heck?
This world is crazy here you have a doctor who wants to cash a check who cares what she looks like
Black folks get sh it on 😂 I went in with a big sign on bonus when I became a doctor and I didn’t get treated like that at all 😂 I went in dressed like a scrub because I was a poor student, wearing a faded t shirt and holy sweat pants 😂 when I told them I’m a new doctor they started calling me sir and offering me savings accounts and home loans 😂!!!! Black people need to bleach their skin like Michael Jackson and Sammy sosa so you don’t get sh it on by bankers.
Black anywhere in the world and you will see you have no friends. Yet blacks still continue to believe one day they will be respected and accepted as equals. Racism is a permanent part of American society. That said if you’re black it is your duty to meet it head on whenever it rears its ugly head. But continue believeing it will one day be gone and you will contnue being disappointed, It is what it is.
She didn’t try to cash it. She tried to deposit it. I worked for Chase and this bank clearly didn’t follow protocol. This is why people need to video tape like this. They can deny it.
In my opinion, I was discriminated against by Chase because I didn’t look rich. They wanted all kinds of ID’s and require my credit card as an ID. I will be banking elsewhere. CHASE WILL PROFILE YOU AND IF YOU DON’T LOOK RICH they will screw with you.
Chase has a history of evil against black people. I pray they get hit so hard in monetary damages they will think twice ever treating ANYBODY unfairly and judging by appearance.
Whoa…I’ve cashed much bigger checks than this and that never happened to me. It was only 16k…but I’m not black. I feel really bad for her. That’s not fair.
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this typically of white America the most racist people on earth. A blind man can see this girl is not a criminal