I tried to get an account with
Paysera ...
From which country do they operate and are they Russian-owned?
It's a Lithuanian
EMI, with offices in some more European countries (I recall – and have briefly checked –
Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia; and it's not all, probably). More than 10 years in the business, used quite a lot, TBMK.
The owners are Lithuanians, AFAIK; but I do not know whether there are some Russian ties in the background or not...
Judging by Payseras Trustpilot reviews, they block accounts without any reason and ask for SoF for every little transaction, so thats a No-No for me
Validity and reliability of Trustpilot reviews is really low and in many cases close to zero. (I do not want to say that the Paysera is excellent, I have no proofs for this.)
I am looking for an personal/business EMI account, to receive low five figure amounts without any hassle of additional compliance or source of funds.
Unfortunately, it is not very well doable now, I am afraid.
Blackcatcard started asking for SoF recently even on amounts around 10000€.
It's quite common. 10k is a sum that is big enough for a lot of EMIs to start with some compliance, at least for personal accounts.
For business accounts, it mainly depends on your business and your track record; for example, Currenxie does not ask me for an additional compliance for low 5 figs incoming payments from known clients but for outgoing to a unknown subject they do some compliance (although bearable).
Of course, if you have a personal account with some private bank and something like seven figures there, they will probably not ask you about five figures transaction; but do not expect it from some (reasonably reliable) EMI, IMO. (Anyone is pleaded to correct me if I'm wrong...)