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Verifying my identify by asking me cross streets near residences that I haven't lived since I was 2 or 3 years old is a REALLY poor way to establish what my identity may be, especially since I have previously verified my bank account.

I promptly failed it, and was told to wait 24 hours.

What kind of child has the spatial awareness to memorize cross streets near their first homes at that age? I could have perhaps inquired with the folks who owned those houses when I was a child (my parents), had the queries not been partnered with a 4 minute timer..

This identity verification is nearly as bad as coin.mx's random address lookup verification, but at least that one fails me all together without making me guess at cross streets like an ass.



Google maps?

Or do the streets no longer exist as they did earlier?




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