urlhammer,

the choice seems easy to me. If you'd like to open an account with them, provide them with an ID to verify your identity. I don't understand the issue. You are trying to use their service, they are telling you what they require in order to use the service. If you don't agree, just move on.

this is why:

and what about BlackBerry? :winkwink:

I will ask and put a fire under their butt to get it done for you!! :winkwink:

Just uploaded my ID :) Giving CashX a try.

This is not strictly true, and although Visa and Mastercard SUGGEST that presenting the card and verifying the signature matches is all the proof a merchant should require, until they fully indemnify merchants against chargebacks, merchants are perfectly within their rights to seek sight of an id as confirmation that they are dealing with the real credit card holder if they choose and to refuse the purchase if the customer is reluctant to provide this and they consider the transaction to be a risk.

This is actually being a RESPONSIBLE merchant.

What they cannot do, I believe, is make copies of the Visa or mastercard and retain said copies or store the card number, or other details anywhere other than on the credit card receipt.

As regards the 3% or whatever surcharge for paying by VISA/Mastercard that many international merchants try to apply to the transaction, it is true that this is not strictly allowed by either card, BUT in my experience if you do not pay it, they will not sell to you, and so you have to go to an ATM and withdraw cash which if from your visa or mastercard will cost you a cash handling fee anyway. i have only personally seen travel agents and other businesses that operate a very tight margin still doing this though, and in those cases I do kind of understand why.

These are both completely different to KYC (know your customer) and anti money laundering regulations that require services like cashx, paxum, etc to verify the identity of their customers of course.

we appreciate your support but please do not flat out spam threads like that with our name. It reflects poorly on us.
Thanks.

Ive been following your post lately and I can tell you have an issue with paxum and I'm really not sure why but let me go ahead and clear up what you just posted as it is not 100% true.

Here is our policy in regards to getting an account verified.

US and Canadian webmasters all that is required is one form of picture ID.

Webmasters located in other locations what is required is

either a PASSPORT and a utility bill or Two forms of picture ID aswell as utility bill. So the only reason you would need to upload two forms of id is if you do not have a passport.

regards,
Chris

in Brazil they ALWAYS require and ID...

Here in texas the only time they want id is if its credit and then most of the time they dont even bother checking lol

its sad