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by jacknews 1054 days ago
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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pulse7 1054 days ago
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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jacknews 1054 days ago
is it legal?

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

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pulse7 1054 days ago
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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jacknews 1054 days ago
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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pulse7 1054 days ago
Things are not always black and white. Some things are "highly likely legal", other things are "highly likely illegal"...
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