Rejected petition Ban banks from issuing unplanned overdrafts

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The government should ban unplanned overdrafts, allowing banks to only issue overdrafts when the bank user has specifically stated that they wish to use such a facility.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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Date submitted 20 January 2013
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