Banks making subscription service cancellation effectively impossible
Financial institutions make it nearly impossible to cancel recurring subscription services by requiring decade-old account information, refusing to process cancellations through current verification, and routing customers through indefinite hold queues. This dark pattern traps customers in unwanted subscriptions and reflects deliberate friction design to preserve revenue. The problem is structural across major retail banks and affects millions of long-term customers.
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