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i neither work for cbq nor defend its' new charges. So, that reason doesn't stand any merit. It was only a discussion which seemed to be counter-acting against your comments.

the freedom to choose an account is luckily still available for us and i don't think that cbq is such a great bank to merit such a long discussion. Personally speaking, i haven't been to these banks in ages other than use the atm machines. And i have friends who have accounts in both the banks. Moreover, I consider both banks to be more or less the same..

Haven't you heard of the swiss banks who have a long list of criteria to open an account with them.. I only meant a similar scenario that is being seen in cbq. "if you meet the minimum criteria, you are welcome". Not defending cbq. Given the choice, I would open elsewhere but account opening formalities are getting to be too tiresome that once you open an account, you just leave it at that and hope everything works fine.