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by edoceo 3162 days ago
They did, then after I raised that issue, they invited me back, thanked me for being a poineer and said I should proceed and likely wouldn't get caught this time.

I told them to check first, cause I don't want to move platforms then have an issue.

So, weeks later they told me that underwriting doesn't like my new name and I won't get to use their platform.

Bad names include the terms "weed" or "the". Acceptable words are "GrowFlow" or "Mister Kraken" - direct competitors who basically sneak through.

Even when everyone knows what's going on everywhere.

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Bureaucracies are inherently risk averse; that is what it sounds to me like you ran into. You have my sympathy for it. I think it's wrong and a net loss to society, but I also have no impetus to criticize a banking/finance company from staying away from anything that even smells possibly grey.
You didn't understand. They have accepted 2/3rds of they grey, and booted me - twice - based on name alone, even after lengthy phone calls and email threads spanning weeks.