Elderly non-English-speaking customer faces disturbing branch verification
A customer helping their elderly, non-English-speaking mother open a joint checking account for her social security benefits describes a disturbing interaction during phone-translator-assisted identity verification at a Chase branch. The incident points to gaps in how banks handle sensitive verification for elderly, limited-English-proficiency customers.
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