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I mean, why wouldn't they say that in the messages they've distributed to creators and patrons, then? If that's the case, they have needlessly caused themselves a tremendous amount of public headache by being disingenuous about the reason behind the change.

Could be due to the coming EU regulations (PSD2) which places much stricter regulations around accepting money on behalf of someone else. See more in https://stripe.com/connect/eu-guide

Maybe they risk being labeled a money transmitter?

For those following up days later, this is what I think as well. Someone else wrote it up:

https://subfictional.com/my-theory-patreon-doesnt-want-to-be...