Facebook attempted to obtain detailed payment information from users directly from banks. According to The Wall Street Journal, which reported the company's behavior, Facebook he approached banking houses such as Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup. Facebook wanted to find out information about the transactions that users make outside of its platform. He was interested in the number of transactions, the amount of the transaction, and also where the transactions took place. He did not want to obtain the information for ad targeting, as he claims, but for upcoming products. Facebook namely, it wants users within MessengerThey communicated with banks more easily and, for example, they were able to check their bank account balance. Facebook offered banks information about users in return.
