Coinbase has been conducting shady practices lately. Charging customers when they aren't buying anything. Do not leave your bank account information in their system. I'm sure they are preying on people that don't check their accounts often.
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Do you have any sources or documentation on that?
Sure do. They did it to my account. And here is what they sent me. I would also like to note, this is after days of being ignored and finally having to dispute the charges via my bank.
"We are aware of duplicate authorization charges for recent Coinbase purchases or card verification. This is an ongoing issue that is affecting a major payment processor which handles the transactions for Coinbase and several other merchants. For many users, these charges are temporary and will remain in “Pending” status. They should disappear from your statement within a week. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you think the charges have posted to your account instead of remaining pending, please let me know as soon as possible.
You may also have seen duplicate or delayed verification charges from when you added a payment method recently. Unlike the duplicate authorization charge from any Coinbase purchase, these amounts do appear to be posting (or becoming permanent) for some users. We will of course reimburse you for these if that is the case.
If you need to be reimbursed for any of these charges, please provide a copy or screenshot of your bank statement showing that these charges have posted to your account and are no longer pending. I can provide a link to our secure file transfer service if you wish. Once I have confirmed their status and amount, I will credit your account to make up for these charges"
Obnoxious to be sure, but it sounds more like incompetence than malice. If it were malice, they'd be much more eager to respond to you and immediately credit you for the trouble to keep you quiet while they continue skimming off the ones who simply don't notice.
Also, Hanlon's razor...
Any company that would charge your account and then deny that it is going on, which they did multiple times when reaching out, is questionable in my opinion.