Stripe Account CLOSED for no reason and with no explanation

Re:Stripe Account CLOSED for no reason and with no explanation by jacknews on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @09:51AM (#36970906)

IMHO payment processing is an 'essential service', and processors should be required to provide service to any lawful customer, regardless of their preferences.

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Re:Stripe Account CLOSED for no reason and with no explanation by pulse7 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:06AM (#36971090)

Maybe they are doing some shady crypto stuff... (Maybe they participate in selling "numbers with certain properties" which are called Bitcoins, but are just numbers in reality...)

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Re:Stripe Account CLOSED for no reason and with no explanation by jacknews on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:22AM (#36971307)

is it legal?

Not to get into that debate, but your bank account is just numbers too.

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Re:Stripe Account CLOSED for no reason and with no explanation by pulse7 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:26AM (#36971346)

It may be illegal in some jurisdictions and the payment provider may decide to not deal with it because of legal risk...

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Re:Stripe Account CLOSED for no reason and with no explanation by jacknews on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:31AM (#36971416)

That's my point, the provider should not be making that decision. Either it's legal or not, and if it is they should be required to provide service.

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Re:Stripe Account CLOSED for no reason and with no explanation by pulse7 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:56AM (#36971763)

Things are not always black and white. Some things are "highly likely legal", other things are "highly likely illegal"...

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