In Germany any EU resident has a right to a basic account, in case you’re homeless you should have an address because you’re in a shelter, if you insist on sleeping rough (or the municipality is just too fucked up, happens in places) you can give the address of a social work organisation (those are all over also doing debtor counselling and a lot of other stuff).
Only valid reason for a bank to refuse basic business is if you tried to defraud them. They don’t have to give you a credit line, but they do have to accept your money, store it, and let you wire it (incl. POS payments etc).
isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s largely a non-issue in the Nordic countries as you basically have to voluntarily opt out of any government aid programs to be homeless, which understandably most don’t. This goes for most, if not all, vulnerable groups; and most of the help is decently robust, at least enough to keep you fed and in housing. So I don’t think it’s a very large portion of the consideration, almost everything is paid via mobile pay, checks (any, not just from working) are all done digitally as well.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Its still an issue for refugees and domestic abuse survivors
unphazed@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ah yes, socialist practices… look how evil it is… taking care of others.
isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Inhuman communist savages the lot of them!