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Unless you are going to link to an actual definition, this is rude and worse, incorrect. The word "employ" is yours, not the OPs. Paying someone to work on your house doesn't violate personal use, much like paying a house cleaner or a repair person doesn't.

The OP talks about Bitcoin in their twitter bio, I wonder if the closure was related to that? I've had Australian banks close my account for Bitcoin transactions.

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>The word "employ" is yours, not the OPs

As of writing, "pay people I'm employing" is a direct quote from the OP. I'm not weighing in on whether or not this should count as personal use, but I think you missed it in the original post.

Just out of interest, what was the outcome when your accounts were closed because of Bitcoin? Did you lose any funds?

Nope, funds were returned. Bank "made a business decision" to close account and decline any future accounts of mine with them.

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