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drevil-v2 on Oct 3, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Schwab Removes U.S. Stock, ETF and Options Commiss...

It’s a balance of funds inquiry. Before you can discuss that kind of information about an account you need to identify the person as the account holder. I can’t call your bank and ask if you have enough funds to cover a cheque you wrote.

traviscj on Oct 3, 2019 [–]

This doesn’t seem to be the case from the article [1] linked in a grandchild of your original post.

[1]: https://www.consumerismcommentary.com/verify-funds-on-that-c...

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