Found a way to get around the new bank speech filters

My credit union in Tampa started flagging transfers with certain words in the memo line about six months ago. I tried sending money to a friend with 'newsletter' in the note and it got held for review. Last week, I changed the memo to just 'NWSLTR' and the transfer went through in minutes. It seems they are only scanning for full words, not codes. Has anyone else found specific words that get blocked?

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emeryj666d ago

Totally saw this with my own bank last month. Tried to pay my buddy back for "concert tickets" and it got stuck for two days. Switched it to "CTIX" and it cleared in an hour. Their system is clearly just looking for whole phrases, not random letters. I bet they have a huge list of trigger words they keep adding to.

blake7926d ago

Damn @emeryj66, what other trigger words have you found so far?

shane_park925d ago

See this same lazy filtering with email spam and content moderation.