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Originally Posted by Forkbeard
The objection is that the programs use this as an excuse to keep money.
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Some might.
But most programs just have to respect national and international laws, that are getting tighter every year (or maybe even more often).
At our own small level we've seen we're getting more and more controls from various authorities, we get questions from banks for this and that... different instances are acting to regulate money laundery, frauds, tax evasions...
A few years ago it was possible to have a few affiliates not sending proper invoices and get away with it by saying "it's not our responsibility, it's the affiliate's responsibility".
But now laws made it clear that it's our responsiblity.
Our ecosystem is changing very very fast, and imo it's for the better. The industry at large has not been benefiting from grey areas on legal aspects... and so far, what we see happening seems interesting and could clean several areas (I'm thinking mainly about cleaner credit card schemes for end users, 3D Secure and all... I know it's not the main topic but it's actually all related).