Our valued sponsor

Recent content by galadrel

  1. G

    Wise account gone

    It is what it is, I don't really like that they do that instead of just telling you to pack your s**t and get out, but I understand how these platforms work so it is not surprising. But Payoneer should be fine with Stripe, they'll hassle you if you get payments from private persons but companies...
  2. G

    Wise account gone

    Just got an email confirming I got the boot permanently. Now as for Payoneer, I had an account there opened same time as I did Wise. But of course Wise made using Payoneer redundant, so I didn't use it at all, save for a few times, and the times I did I invoiced clients individually, worked for...
  3. G

    Wise account gone

    Payoneer's hell if you were to invoice each client individually. They treat the client as a criminal, and then they'll harass you for a while until you just forget about their service. Didn't use it much and after 2-3 years of inactivity account got closed and I've reapplied. I've gotten a...
  4. G

    Account Opening in Serbia

    Never say never. https://seenews.com/news/montenegro-to-join-sepa-in-2025-report-1264335 Montenegro is apparently joining on the 1st.
  5. G

    Wise account gone

    I hear you, I'm just saying for such an amount a bank would never freeze your account cause it's such an insignificant amount. Well, they don't have the regulators breathing down their necks. Wise's a pretty good service, never had an issue before this, if I did it was usually to confirm my...
  6. G

    Wise account gone

    That they can is obvious. They are an EMI, they can freeze your account for any reason -- citing AML/KYC procedures. A bank can too, but banks tend to be more serious, and as ironic as it is they treat their clients properly.
  7. G

    Wise account gone

    I guess, but I wasn't hiding I'll tell you this much. The algorithm would have picked up on me a long time ago, but who can tell the secret ways of their algorithms, one day it all can change immediately. Now I have to find a different payment processor and it seems that'll have to be Payoneer...
  8. G

    Wise account gone

    Well I'm barely touching 10k a year. I am a small fish. I did once 6 years ago or so, send an email to Jeff Bezos's email when my Amazon account got flagged after a purchase with a gift card, interestingly enough it was unlocked the same day. Strange, but those emails are taken a bit more...
  9. G

    Wise account gone

    No, not a business account. Not that you need a business account to use Stripe. Maybe that's the reason. But consider that it's probably less than 10k annually, and some months I don't have payments coming in at all.
  10. G

    Wise account gone

    I mean I'm well aware of how these online institutions works. Their algorithms look for any irregularities and then ban you if your risk is too high, I know this because I've dealt with PayPal 6-7 years ago one too many times. Yes, probably it won't, but might as well try, had to give them the...
  11. G

    Wise account gone

    Seems pretty random to me though. This is something their algorithms would pick up on almost immediately and would not wait 3 years to ban you, and I've never had such thing happen to me. Doesn't seem like a big no to me cause from the getgo I've been receiving money from Stripe. I've just...
  12. G

    Wise account gone

    No, not a business account. I am a freelance web developer.
  13. G

    Wise account gone

    4 years of using TransferWise and now I have been blocked. Now, I didn't break any agreements, I do not have a "high risk" business, I have no chargebacks. Didn't do anything shady at all, didn't make transfers to random people, or receive transfers from random people. Used it for typical...
  14. G

    Is the taxman coming?

    I've been using TransferWise, Payoneer for some time. Now, my only concern is, the taxman is going to come knocking for me using the Payoneer/Transferwise card. My question is, what do these slime bags actually store in these ATMs or POS payments? It's been almost over 2 years, and no taxman...
  15. G

    Sammy - new online US bank for digital nomads

    Too good to be true maybe. US and allows foreigners? ns2