Banks (some anyway) Wont transfer to Epassporte anymore

[Linkster]

DJilla - unfortunately there are a lot of sponsors that only paytheir affiliates through epassporte - and if their bank will not accept transfers TO epassporte(which started happening this week) then they cant fund the account to pay their affiliates - has nothing to do with what you personally do with your epassporte cards

This comes on the heels of some sponsors requiring affiliates to either choose to be paid by epassporte or we have to pay to have a check sent to us which really makes no sense - if they are a real company which I hope is the case with these programs, then any check fees or handling is all a tax writeoff anyway

[DJilla]

Originally Posted by Linkster

and if their bank will not accept transfers TO epassporte(which started happening this week) then they cant fund the account to pay their affiliates - has nothing to do with what you personally do with your epassporte cards

Errr, right... duh

Still, on principle the banks are way overshooting their authority and I wonder how much of this is really about anti-competitive actions on the part of US big banking. Like Jim mentioned, the idea of having an account closed because it might be "off shore" is just none of their concern period. If there is a problem, all they have to do is make sure their paperwork is in order if the feds want to come sniffing around. IMHO, its not up to them to judge. I won't be surprised if there is a WTO action that e-passporte could bring somewhere in the mix here.