Report: Banks spying on your bills, rent payments, paychecks

The age of the plain old credit score is gone, says a report at the Wall Street Journal, and it's been replaced by ever more intrusive efforts by banks and credit agencies to gauge exactly what you're worth, and what you can pay.

To that end, financial firms are now tracking their customers' bank deposits, rent payments or home values, and even utility bills to figure out who may soon become a financial risk, reports WSJ's Karen Blumenthal.

So, for example, if your employer pays you through direct deposits and those deposits stop, financial institutions can now have warning that your money situation is likely to tighten, and may deny you credit on that basis.

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At what point will people finally say ENOUGH! and stop doing business with these criminal organizations?

I think this is the same thing on another thread.
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Oops, didnt see it. Mods please delete this thread.