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Comment by amelius

4 hours ago

My bank somehow isn't selling my transaction data to the highest bidder though.

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amelius

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kube-system  1 hour ago

Yes they do, and hedge funds buy it so they have consumer spending data before the rest of the market does.

dml2135  1 hour ago

Your bank is very likely doing just that. They even send you a notice about it every year.

Sytten  3 hours ago

You sure about that? Visa/Mastercars certainly are selling at least aggregated data if not more.

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