Barclays Bank has unilaterally decided to withdraw banking services to one of its customers, a Christian organization, the Core Issues Trust (CIT), following pressure from high-profile LGBT activists.
While no official explanation has been given, it seems as though Barclays is following in the footsteps of other financial institutions such as Paypal and MailChimp who also withdrew their services, after high-profile activists targeted their organizations on Twitter.
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