Letter to Minister Hoekstra on negative effects of de-risking

In a letter to Finance Minister Hoekstra, a large number of social umbrella organizations are sounding the alarm. More and more social organizations can no longer get a bank account or see their contract with a payment service provider being terminated. The cause is the de-risking of these parties: banks and providers exclude certain customers or refuse certain services to minimize risks of money laundering and terrorist financing. WO=MEN co-signed the letter.  

In the letter the umbrella organizations call upon the minister to organize consultations between the parties involved as soon as possible in order to find a solution. Because this touches the Netherlands and the Dutch in the heart of doing good. After all, all civil society organizations are entitled to a bank account and access to payments. 

Read the full letter here.