THELOGICALINDIAN - Four bitcoin Visa debit cards are suspending account to nonEuropean association due to Visas new licensing restrictions BTCC and Bitwala accept abutting Xapo and Shakepay to stop debit agenda account to users who abide alfresco of the Visa European acquittal network
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Service Halted for Non-European Residents
China-based bitcoin barter BTCC appear on Thursday that its Mobi app will stop alms Visa debit agenda account to non-European association “because of new licensing restrictions from Visa.” The change alone affects Visa agenda usage, however. Emphasizing that added Mobi’s appearance abide available, the aggregation noted:
Germany-based Bitwala appear a agnate abeyance on Wednesday. Canada-based Shakepay fabricated the aforementioned move on Monday. “Our accomplice coffer is actuality nudged by Visa to anon stop arising cards to association active alfresco of the European Territory,” the aggregation wrote, abacus that best of the Shakepay aggregation abatement into that category.
Xapo was the aboriginal of the four companies to advertise its Visa debit agenda account suspension. On August 22, the aggregation chock-full affairs its debit cards to new barter alfresco the European territory.
New Visa Rules; ID Verification Required
The new Visa rules went into aftereffect on August 21, Bitwala detailed, abacus that:
Non-European residents, including European citizens who are not currently active in Europe, can no best adjustment new Visa cards from the four companies. For Bitwala cards, users who auspiciously ordered them on August 9 alee accept been refunded, the aggregation revealed.
Customers active in the European area can abide application their cards “by uploading a affidavit of abode in one of the accurate countries,” Bitwala described. BTCC explained that the ID analysis action includes “providing scans of their ID and address-verification documents.”
BTCC has listed the countries artless by the change. They are: Andorra, Austria, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
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