It's super hard for me to change my billing provider. I almost certainly wont, but this is a huge reliability red-flag so I am going to put together a backup system, and my current WIP will have at least 2 providers.
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It has been a long time but IIRC, I had to send them scans of my ID, articles of incorporation, etc. I am an USA Person with a real business and USA based bank accounts. None of that has changed in a decade.
The problem here is obvious? One day they decide to freeze payouts, and inform me of that with a weakly worded email saying there is a ToC update. What if I was on vacation, didn't have access to a smartphone to do their Biometrics demand, or just didn't see the email? My business would have gone unpaid until something breaks and I'm scrambling to deal with unpaid bills.
Filed (applied) June 2018. Granted March 2020.
There is plenty of prior art for each.
I didn't think "this+that" patents were allowed...