I don't like where this is leading.........

[NastyBoy]

We are with a local bank who knows everything and are super cool with it...hell they even log into Brandi's cam shows once in a while and chat it up LOL!

This is a disturbing development though...especially since our corporate Visa is through Citibank. I love our country but we have some things pretty jacked up! Uh oh..better move on I feel a rant building up!

[jade12]

That is indeed pretty messed up

I had a similar problem to that with my old bank (TD) here in Canada with my mainstream business once they froze my bank account on "suspicious activity" when I sold one of my business' for 2K (not a lot of money IMHO to justify "suspicious activity".)

They knew I had an internet business, refused to see it as "viable income" but had no problem taking that money and applying it to my loan and mortgage payments ... they were also quite shocked when I told them I was taking all my personal and business banking elsewhere, as they refused to supply me with a merchant account. I think if I spend a few hundred K in your bank, you best be giving me a merchant acct, esp when 90% of those debts are paid off and the reason why they are 90% paid off is because of my internet business'.

Do yourself a favor and find a small nice bank that will cater to your needs and value your business, I have found a good provincial bank and now couldn't be more pleased with their services and they know everything I do online.

[Surfn]

Originally Posted by jade12

Do yourself a favor and find a small nice bank that will cater to your needs and value your business, I have found a good provincial bank and now couldn't be more pleased with their services and they know everything I do online.

I couldn't agree more

It's nice to walk in where everyone knows your name what you do and jump at the chance to help you

[KCat]

Originally Posted by jade12

That is indeed pretty messed up

I had a similar problem to that with my old bank (TD) here in Canada with my mainstream business once they froze my bank account on "suspicious activity" when I sold one of my business' for 2K (not a lot of money IMHO to justify "suspicious activity".)

They knew I had an internet business, refused to see it as "viable income" but had no problem taking that money and applying it to my loan and mortgage payments ... they were also quite shocked when I told them I was taking all my personal and business banking elsewhere, as they refused to supply me with a merchant account. I think if I spend a few hundred K in your bank, you best be giving me a merchant acct, esp when 90% of those debts are paid off and the reason why they are 90% paid off is because of my internet business'.

Do yourself a favor and find a small nice bank that will cater to your needs and value your business, I have found a good provincial bank and now couldn't be more pleased with their services and they know everything I do online.

Jade - you found a Canadian bank that would give you a merchant account? I thought this was impossible now so it's great to hear there are some options. Is it a credit union?

[jade12]

Originally Posted by KCat

Jade - you found a Canadian bank that would give you a merchant account? I thought this was impossible now so it's great to hear there are some options. Is it a credit union?

Yeah it's a credit union, but they will only accept mainstream and it's only for one card, so still have an american merchant account, but at least it's a start, hopefully more banks will start to open their eyes!