# @planetmoney on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=_nT25JwUXko
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69393484-planetmoney-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T07:11:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Planet Money (@planetmoney) — https://gondola.cc/planetmoney

## Caption

The Trump Organization has sued Capital One for closing its bank accounts. The organization says it did so out of political reasons. But banks can close accounts for a zillion reasons. They don’t have to say why. Capital One cited money laundering as a concern. 

On today’s show, how banks decide to close accounts, how much politics plays a role and what the bank might have seen in its crime-stopping crystal ball.

Fact checking by Sierra Juarez (https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez) .

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Planet Money | @planetmoney | https://gondola.cc/planetmoney | Podcast |

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