[rmykhajliw]

I have almost the same story but from employer side: last year right before Christmas they decided to reject my2 years working card, as bonus they didn't accept paypal for some reason. So In order to pay my freelancer I have to come a long verification procedure, call them dozen of times, until they gave "secret" paypal account that I have to fulfill.

In my observation Upwork (oDesk) don't want to ear money. They make everything to stop using the service.

My solution was moving to Payoneer directly (They have really AWESOME and simple partnership program) and time tracker I'm using hubstaff (Yes, $5 per freelancer).

In result with direct payonner partnership and hubstaff, the total overhead of payments to my freelancer is less than 1%. JUST 1%. Thank you upwork, you helped me to realize that there's more one solution, even if at begging it was scary the output worths it: saving money, simplify team management, AWESOME support. I'm really happy!