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Comment by ciabattabread | Hacker News Reader

The last time I saw a post about Stripe holding money, it turned out the guy was selling a car via his cell phone accessories business.

So, double check to make sure you didn't do anything stupid.

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We've been selling escape room online bookings on these accounts for 5+ years and nothing has changed.

did anything change on the volume?

This is our busiest time of the year. But it is our busiest time of the year every year. So if they have systems that are smart enough to see trends then our accounts shouldn't be that far off from past years.

since that wouldn't be illegal if there was no payment processor involved, that doesn't sound like its stripe's role to be involved with

stop putting paranoid financial services on a pedestal

Do you think Stripe is doing this just to be a dick?

It's because if it turns out to be money laundering, theft, or fraud, Stripe gets shafted financially (best case), and fairly likely FBI agents show up and start asking pointed questions.

Stripe is doing what it needs to optimize it's revenue/profits/value which does not mean it's the right or best thing for all it's legitimate customers. Stripe is free to do what it does and we are free to call them out for the pain it causes their customers.

you literally just described putting paranoid financial services on a pedestal

most of these things are:

- poor company policies masquerading as response to a law but are actually

- poor implementations of a

- poor legal interpretation

I think it's far more likely a mediocre implementation of a correct legal interpretation of a poor regulatory system.

thats why you need criminal banks like Wells Fargo and HSBC

great user experience because they dgaf and their relationship with the Federal Government wont be altered

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