09-23-2010, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by bolsex
Hi! I just want to add my 2cents to the problem!
Since Im not in USA, I need to get new payment options other than Payoneer, so I contacted my local CitiBank and they contacted me with an Account Rep in Miami, to try to open an account with them!
After I replied to +30 questions about who I am, where the funds come from, etc... I told the account rep about my old payment system, ePassporte and after that he told me that "Epassporte Closed because the problem with fake accounts and the origins of funds moved daily on the system" and they had a lot of legal issues with Visa because that. This is against lot of laws in USA.
I dont know if its true, it shocked me because I just named ePassporte, and he told me that.
This was on the reply of the "where funds come from" and he told me that all banks need to know some info about funds, to avoid me possibles suspensions/investigations about money laundering, etc.
Again, I dont know if its true, or if its related, I just want to post it, maybe someone got the same reply or something like that.
This could be one of the "program deficiencies" named lot of times since the ePass problem.
Damian
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Although second hand, it actually makes sense. It would fit in line with the frantic ID verification craziness some have experienced in recent years and months. It could also explain some of the secrecy. Thank you for sharing this information with us.
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