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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">You might want to say which country, as
banking regulations will vary from country to country.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">There is a lot of fraud in telecoms,
but I've usually seen this come out in terms of delayed settlement
for card transactions and such. (but I've not seen this for
years)</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">And remember that 15 years ago, all the
scams were `signup voip credit with a stolen card, dial a premium
rate number you own, collect`. I'm surprised that <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">When I did the last bit of underwriting
with a bank, they were very concerned about `prepaid software
services`.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Specifically `voip` or if you said
`telecom service provider` would you be ok`?</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I know at least one voip company who
uses Wise as their primary bank account. (and for laughs, wise
was formed on the back of a voip company (Skype))<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Tim<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/01/2022 13:00, Oren Yehezkely
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<div>Happy New Year everyone.</div>
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<div>I recently became aware of the fact that banks (and
financial institutions) define any business that merely
mentions the word VoIP as restricted. Meaning they would not
allow such a business to work with them.</div>
<div>As if VoIP is some kind of an illegal substance.</div>
<div>I am confident that when it comes to larger players they
are not defined as a VoIP business...</div>
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<div>One company (Wise/Wisetransfer) even claimed that their
regulation requires them to do that.</div>
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<div>I wonder if you have any more information and how do you
deal with this.</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
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