More Payment Processors Withdrawing/Refusing Service

Not only are they hitting Trinity and sites like this as well as other conservative news sites and forums, they are going after more places.

A friend of mine sells CBD oil through this company. I have purchased from it many times. I got this email and now apparently, no one is wanting to process payments for these businesses, and I'm sure this isn't the only one. Your money is becoming no good for many things unless it fits in with an agenda. Copied body of the email below:


We are writing to inform you of the recent issues that Illuminent has been facing in regards to our payment gateway. Unfortunately, our payment gateway has been shut down. This is an issue that many CBD companies are currently facing in the US.

Although hemp and CBD products are federally legal, banks across the country have been refusing to accept payments made in exchange for these products. These banks are researching all of their client accounts, and closing business with those who produce/sell hemp and CBD products. Unfortunately, we are now one of the businesses dealing with this issue.

Currently, there are two domestic banks in the US that are accepting hemp products. As you can imagine, however, they are being flooded with companies facing the same issues as we are. Having been anticipating this issue for some time, we have been working with these banks for months now in hopes of switching our payment gateway to be run through them. The hope was that we would be accepted by one of these banks prior to facing a gateway shut down, and thus circumvent all the ensuing chaos.

However, this work takes time. These banks are not approving accounts in a timely manner. With the rush that these banks are currently facing, the process is taking much longer than it should.

While there are offshore banks available, Illuminent refuses to cut corners and work with offshore banking systems. We are American based. Our products are proudly American based. Our banks are American based. We refuse to place money and private payment information at risk by moving offshore. You are our priority.

We are not breaking any laws, nor are we causing any harm. We are simply seeking to conduct our business ethically and responsibly, in hopes of supporting access to products that promote health and general well-being for all. And we will continue fighting for justice around hemp until justice is served.

At this point, we are doing all that we can do to resolve this issue. We have our team working around the clock, with absolute confidence that we will find a solution. We want you to know that we are working tirelessly to return to business as usual.

We appreciate your patience in the interim. And we will, of course, keep you informed as progress is made.

If you attempted to process an order last night and your order was declined. We would love to assist you with processing your order. Please reach out to [email protected]

Thank you for being a loyal Illuminent Customer!

Sincerely,

Illuminent

I'll update this if they get any processors lined up.

So how do you renew your subscription? Mine lapsed..

How much dosh does it take to start a bank?

Cash doesn't matter - being accepted by the banking community does. If you don't agree with them on politics, you are not participating in transactions with them.

Banks are quite a bit more sinister than even governments.

Cash doesn't matter - being accepted by the banking community does. If you don't agree with them on politics, you are not participating in transactions with them.

Banks are quite a bit more sinister than even governments.

So is a branch of the government deciding this for the banks?

start accepting bitcoin for payment. Crypto is only solution

Accept 'The Mark of the(their) Beast' or you will be unable to buy or sell.

They are slowly making this the new reality...

Here's a not TOO far fetched idea...

Get ordained through Universal Life Church or Universal Ministries (if you haven't already). Get 501(c)3 nonprofit status for your "Trinity Church" which is online-based... you already have an ENORMOUS congregation, worldwide. Call it "An organized religion of all religions or the lack thereof". Cue the motivational cat poster "BELIEVE".

Banks would be hard-pressed to discriminate against a documented religious organization as you would then have the ACLU's attention.

Crypto solves this problem

As if they seek their demise by driving us to an alternative system.

Reap your sow banksters.

Not only are they hitting Trinity and sites like this as well as other conservative news sites and forums, they are going after more places.

A friend of mine sells CBD oil through this company. I have purchased from it many times. I got this email and now apparently, no one is wanting to process payments for these businesses, and I'm sure this isn't the only one. Your money is becoming no good for many things unless it fits in with an agenda. Copied body of the email below:


We are writing to inform you of the recent issues that Illuminent has been facing in regards to our payment gateway. Unfortunately, our payment gateway has been shut down. This is an issue that many CBD companies are currently facing in the US.

Although hemp and CBD products are federally legal, banks across the country have been refusing to accept payments made in exchange for these products. These banks are researching all of their client accounts, and closing business with those who produce/sell hemp and CBD products. Unfortunately, we are now one of the businesses dealing with this issue.

Currently, there are two domestic banks in the US that are accepting hemp products. As you can imagine, however, they are being flooded with companies facing the same issues as we are. Having been anticipating this issue for some time, we have been working with these banks for months now in hopes of switching our payment gateway to be run through them. The hope was that we would be accepted by one of these banks prior to facing a gateway shut down, and thus circumvent all the ensuing chaos.

However, this work takes time. These banks are not approving accounts in a timely manner. With the rush that these banks are currently facing, the process is taking much longer than it should.

While there are offshore banks available, Illuminent refuses to cut corners and work with offshore banking systems. We are American based. Our products are proudly American based. Our banks are American based. We refuse to place money and private payment information at risk by moving offshore. You are our priority.

We are not breaking any laws, nor are we causing any harm. We are simply seeking to conduct our business ethically and responsibly, in hopes of supporting access to products that promote health and general well-being for all. And we will continue fighting for justice around hemp until justice is served.

At this point, we are doing all that we can do to resolve this issue. We have our team working around the clock, with absolute confidence that we will find a solution. We want you to know that we are working tirelessly to return to business as usual.

We appreciate your patience in the interim. And we will, of course, keep you informed as progress is made.

If you attempted to process an order last night and your order was declined. We would love to assist you with processing your order. Please reach out to [email protected]

Thank you for being a loyal Illuminent Customer!

Sincerely,

Illuminent

I'll update this if they get any processors lined up.

How is that? I don't have any crypto? How would I pay?

Why the fuck would we have to pay to use a website?

fuck the internet if that is what its about i don't need it

can you explain the process a bit?

who is "they", precisely?

do they go after all deposits you may make, or only ones for a hypothetical online forum, like GLP?

this is of major interest to many of us

some of us have dealings with paypal et al outside of GLP, not as payors but as vendors


someone suggested vennmo

Do you believe this website is free to the owner? You may wish to research things like domain registration, band width, and other parts of the cost of having a website.

Since the owner has to pay for all the things which make this website possible, why should we not have to pay because we use it?

I personally don't object to paying to use a site - I object to the banning that comes about, usually through no reason, just to force you to pay to even view the site. If the owner wants to state that you can't view or participate in the site without paying, that would be his right. The other thing is, many people have also been banned as paying members because they posted something that was unpopular. That's wrong too.

Here's a not TOO far fetched idea...

Get ordained through Universal Life Church or Universal Ministries (if you haven't already). Get 501(c)3 nonprofit status for your "Trinity Church" which is online-based... you already have an ENORMOUS congregation, worldwide. Call it "An organized religion of all religions or the lack thereof". Cue the motivational cat poster "BELIEVE".

Banks would be hard-pressed to discriminate against a documented religious organization as you would then have the ACLU's attention.