Providing payment services to structural crowdfunding efforts is a legal grey area when it comes to financial regulations.
Amazon is not the first to suspend taking on such accounts until they have better grip on the regulatory implications.
Amazon is not the first to suspend taking on such accounts until they have better grip on the regulatory implications.
You hand over your credit card upfront in anticipation of a possible payment in the future.
I think the real problem here is classifying crowd funding as a product purchase or an investment.
Is it possible the reason is because kickstarter is not interfering with their primary business?
Seems like a pretty straightforward transaction to me.
An online business is actually less useful for laundering than the brick-and-mortar shop, since you don't have cash payments.